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title: "11 Job Writing Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Job Writing quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Job Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't call acting a real job, and writing is a hobby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-edgerton/i-don-t-call-acting-a-real-job-and-writing-is-a-hobby/)

[Joel Edgerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-edgerton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/joel-edgerton-2300_acting_i-don-t-call-acting-a-real-job-and-writi_1581110.jpg)

> [My day job is writing for television. So I've been on enough sets, and I know how things work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scharpling/my-day-job-is-writing-for-television-so-i-ve-been-on-enough-sets-and/)

[Tom Scharpling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scharpling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/tom-scharpling-35985_day-jobs_my-day-job-is-writing-for-television-so_2877108.jpg)

> [My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/my-job-is-writing-for-people-to-enjoy-and-then-writing-about-a/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/walter-mosley-2810_deeper_my-job-is-writing-for-people-to-enjoy-an_1206729.png)

> [“knowing now that the job of writing was as much about removing words as adding them,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/knowing-now-that-the-job-of-writing-was-as-much-about-removing-words/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/paul-auster-351_language_knowing-now-that-the-job-of-writing-was_400027.jpg)

> [For me, writing is fun. The day I quit my job and take up writing full time, writing will become just another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-subramanian/for-me-writing-is-fun-the-day-i-quit-my-job-and-take-up-writing-full/)

[Ravi Subramanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-subramanian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/ravi-subramanian-5634_day_for-me-writing-is-fun-the-day-i-quit-my_270829.jpg)

> [If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-quinn/if-i-had-to-give-up-everything-else-and-keep-just-one-aspect-of-the/)

[Colin Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-quinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/colin-quinn-11466_aspect_if-i-had-to-give-up-everything-else-and_3032001.jpg)

> [It's a job. When I'm writing I'm going to do it five to six days a week and I'm going to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/it-s-a-job-when-i-m-writing-i-m-going-to-do-it-five-to-six-days-a/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

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> [I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elinor-lipman/i-was-nearly-fired-from-my-second-job-which-was-writing-press/)

[Elinor Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elinor-lipman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/elinor-lipman-42493_boston_i-was-nearly-fired-from-my-second-job-wh_1621105.png)

> [“I don't believe in writer's block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It's the same with writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-r-melendez/i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-who-can-function-working-seven-days/)

[Lillian R. Melendez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-r-melendez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/lillian-r-melendez-94332_books_i-don-t-believe-in-writer-s-block-who-ca_271351.jpg)

> [ When it is going well, it is the best job \[writing\] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/when-it-is-going-well-it-is-the-best-job-writing-in-the-world-for/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/michael-scott-1216_best-job_when-it-is-going-well-it-is-the-best-job_2000670.png)

> [Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/whatever-job-i-had-i-was-always-writing-like-crazy-all-i-ever-liked/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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