William Zinsser Quotes About Imitation

Quotes about: Imitation

• Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't spring full-blown as Bach or Picasso; they needed models. This is especially true of writing.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Spring, Writing

• Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.

  William Zinsser

  Reading, Writing, Today

• Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it.

  William Zinsser

  Reading, Writing, Men

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.34, Harper Collins

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