Career Quote by Alain de Botton

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.

— Neal Gabler

Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.

— Uzodinma Iweala

Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication.

— Roxane Gay

I don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible…

— Susan Cheever

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.

— Vantile Whitfield

Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

— Shannon Hale

“I met a doctor the other night who told me he had always wanted to be a writer. I nodded. People always tell me…

— Natalie Goldberg

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

— Bobby McFerrin

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

— Anna Quindlen

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.

— Justin Cronin