Any Quote by Amy Bloom

I've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require that you…

— John Cooper Clarke

I come from a working-class background and it wasn't in my world to be a writer - I had no direct access to those…

— Roisin Conaty

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

— Sarah Waters

At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push everything aside…

— Marc Guggenheim

I've always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job.

— Dwayne McDuffie

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the…

— Herbert Gold

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to…

— Dorothy Allison

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

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

— Rebecca Serle

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz