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title: "22 Writing Profession Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Writing Profession quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Writing Profession sayings and thoughts."
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> [Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/writing-is-not-a-profession-but-a-vocation-of-unhappiness/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

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> [Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/writing-is-my-profession-photography-is-my-hobby/)

[Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/)

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> [Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-gabler/writing-is-not-a-profession-it-s-an-addiction/)

[Neal Gabler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-gabler/)

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> [Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/writing-seems-to-be-the-only-profession-people-imagine-you-can-do-by/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

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> [Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/writing-is-not-a-profession-it-s-a-calling-it-s-almost-holy/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

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> [Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-renard/writing-is-the-only-profession-where-no-one-considers-you-ridiculous/)

[Jules Renard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-renard/)

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> [Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/writing-is-a-profession-that-can-only-be-learned-by-writing/)

[Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/)

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> [“Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-goodman/writing-the-profession-in-which-you-stare-at-a-computer-screen-stare/)

[Drew Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-goodman/)

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> [I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/i-always-treated-writing-as-a-profession-never-as-a-hobby-if-you-don/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

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> [Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/writing-is-the-only-profession-where-nobody-considers-you-ridiculous/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/henry-ford-492_arms_writing-is-the-only-profession-where-nob_1754932.png)

> [Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-mcdonald/writing-is-not-a-profession-occupation-or-job-it-is-not-a-way-of-life/)

[Gregory Mcdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-mcdonald/)

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> [To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicki-baum/to-me-writing-is-not-a-profession-you-might-as-well-call-living-a/)

[Vicki Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicki-baum/)

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> [“I have never thought of writing as a profession. It is a solitary independent activity in which practice can never bestow seniority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/i-have-never-thought-of-writing-as-a-profession-it-is-a-solitary/)

[John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/)

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> [Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-weldon/writers-were-never-meant-to-be-professionals-writing-is-not-a/)

[Fay Weldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-weldon/)

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> [Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/writing-is-something-you-do-alone-it-s-a-profession-for-introverts/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“Writing is a profession that requires being alone. Just alone. You talk, laugh, get pissed off, get scared, be happy, think, imagine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexina-benavidez/writing-is-a-profession-that-requires-being-alone-just-alone-you-talk/)

[Alexina Benavidez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexina-benavidez/)

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> [Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-you-know-what-i-was-smiling-at-you-wrote-down-that-you-were-a-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/writing-is-something-you-do-alone-its-a-profession-for-introverts-who/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/john-green-12_alone_writing-is-something-you-do-alone-its-a_1766798.jpg)

> [“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/writing-is-a-profession-that-has-no-real-career-structure-and-your/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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> [“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stegner/and-though-creative-writing-as-an-intellectual-exercise-may-be/)

[Wallace Stegner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stegner/)

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> [The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-burroway/the-mystique-and-the-false-glamour-of-the-writing-profession-grow/)

[Janet Burroway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-burroway/)

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> [Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/beware-of-self-indulgence-the-romance-surrounding-the-writing/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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