“It's the writing that teaches you.”
“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”
“Teaching writing is a hustle.”
“What is the best way to write? Each of us has to discover her own way by writing. Writing teaches writing. No one can tell you your own secret. ”
“We teach our boys to firebomb villages, but we won't let them write fuck on the side of their planes because it's obscene.”
“I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.”