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I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

John McGahern
Reading, Writing, Thinking
"The whole world in a community" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2002.
I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.