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

— Rebecca Serle

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

Unlike a typical professional, I can't quit my job to become a full-time author; I don't have that luxury. For me, writing is therapy;…

— Ashwin Sanghi

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

— Pat Barker

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better…

— Ngaio Marsh

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

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

“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come…

— Sara Sheridan