To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call…

For me, this profession is about having a career where you can go on working for 60 years, so I'm not particularly bothered by…

— Richard McCabe

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you…

— Fay Weldon

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

— Gregory Mcdonald

The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express profound ideas…

— Janet Burroway

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must…

— David Brin

“Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.”

— Drew Goodman

“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye…

— John Green

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use…

— Henry Ford

“I have never thought of writing as a profession. It is a solitary independent activity in which practice can never bestow seniority.”

— John Berger

“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a job for…

— Wallace Stegner

“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come…

— Sara Sheridan

Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.

— Avi

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

— Jules Renard