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The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. — Ray Bradbury

You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's curst hard reading. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice. — Robert Stacy McCain

Music resembles poetry, in each
Are nameless graces which no methods teach,
And which a master hand alone can reach. — Alexander Pope

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills. — John Milius

Today, however, we know that writing, at least science writing, is partly a skill. And skills can be improved. The pain can be reduced. — Michael L. Rosenzweig

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. — Jennifer Donnelly

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it. — Ronaldinho

I love to write. But it has never gotten any easier to do and you can't expect it to if you keep trying for something better than you can do. — Ernest Hemingway,

Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible — Barack Obama

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words. — Ngaio Marsh

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill. — Caroline Leavitt

Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve. — Thomas King

More than half the skill of writing lies in tricking the book out of your own head. — Terry Pratchett

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity. — James Scott Bell

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. — Edwin Schlossberg

Writing is a form of art. It is a skill; a gift. It is addiction; passion; love. It is my life. — Helen Deakin

It is almost possible to measure a writer's skill by the dexterity with which he repeats, and yet avoids monotony. — George G. Williams

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really. — Iain Banks

My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses. — James Thayer

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me. — Bret Easton Ellis

Writing is an art and a skill that can be developed — Bernard Kelvin Clive

Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one. — Meg Rosoff

Writing isn't always a speaking skill. Sometimes writing is a listening skill. — Daryl Farmer

Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort. — Carla H. Krueger

There's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks. — Mabel Seeley

My writing is a wild mustang - more thunderous than a lightning storm -and all my skill which I call art, is devoted to simply staying on ... — John Geddes

Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration ... — Leonard Bishop

As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

Mice: But reading all the good writers might discourage you.
Y.C.: Then you ought to be discouraged. — Ernest Hemingway,

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through. — Feist

Develop the skill of writing to avoid errors but if you do make them, don't be demotivated — Bernard Kelvin Clive

Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas. — Criss Jami

Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it. — Wallace Stegner

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another. — Francine Prose