Nature Quote by Amy Hempel

I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly…

— Daniel Handler

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

— Pippa Middleton

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

“Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of…

— Ray Bradbury

I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science…

— Arthur C. Clarke

I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They…

— Paulo Coelho

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a…

— Ray Bradbury

In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about…

— Laura Moser

When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.

— Michael Lewis

Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the sooner you…

— George V. Higgins

“If you don’t put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There’s the writer and there’s the author.…

— Andre Dubus III

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure…

— Marcel Achard