Becoming Quote by Allison Schroeder

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You…

— Michael Ian Black

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

— Andy Cohen

The key thing in my becoming a writer was going on a Arvon Foundation residential writing course. I took with me a really messy…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.

— Jake Shears

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.

— Sue Grafton

I had been laid off from 'Entertainment Weekly 'right before I started writing 'Gone Girl.'

— Gillian Flynn

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

— Peter Straub

The first thing I tried to write was a novel, when I took that time off in grad school. Then I didn't finish it.…

— Elif Batuman

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

— J. A. Jance

Years passed and I hadn't really done much writing. Other than the fact that I'm constantly developing new shows, writing up proposals and stuff.

— Greg Weisman

I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before…

— Samantha Shannon

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

— Emily Giffin