Either Quote by Andrew Vachss

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

— J. B. Priestley

I assume as a writer that most of the time I'm going to fall down and fail.

— Amy Bloom

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I'm a writer and I've had some success.

— Carole Radziwill

Obviously I don't have whatever it is you need to be a successful writer.

— Peter James

You fail only if you stop writing.

— Ray Bradbury

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail…

— Richard Ford

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

— Karen Robards

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

— Thomas Keneally

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

— Grace Paley