The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter…

“It’s one of those times when the question is its own answer…. The writing is itself the solution to the inability to write!”

— Yael Shahar

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

— Jeffery Deaver

I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not…

— Ray Bradbury

“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers and imaginative creators, the word…

— Ray Bradbury

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else.…

— Virginia Henley

“The genesis of my interest in being a writer can be traced to fourth grade when we listened to a radio production of Shakespeare's…

— Laura Abbot

Nothing is a matter of age. It's really in the person because you can publish book after book after book and still want that…

— Lynne Tillman

I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing. I was…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.

— Danny Strong

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is…

— Jim Crace

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually…

— Brenda Russell

I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career…

— Nasim Pedrad

“But, Erin. If you are trying to make a writing career for yourself, you will get rejected again and again and again. You must…

— Jennifer Echols