Writing Career Quotes
28 quotes by 24 authors
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Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that…
— Joseph Brodsky
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The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book
— Holly Lisle
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I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a…
— Judy Collins
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The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.
— Mary Roberts Rinehart
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My mother and I will continue on some level that I havent determined yet. I think my mothers a great character, and I have to…
— James Ellroy
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I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.
— James Ellroy
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A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J. Brown carries the…
— William R. Ferris
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It certainly made a film writing career for me.
— Buck Henry
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I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
— Sue Grafton
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I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.
— Danny Strong
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At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
— Bernard Cornwell
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Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and…
— Victoria Gotti
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I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career.
— Marsha Norman
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I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.
— Rick Riordan
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I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department.…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
— Harper Lee
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When I began my career as a flight attendant, I was a 21-year-old with a B.A. in English and stars in her eyes. I wanted…
— Ann Hood
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I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
— Matt Ridley
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I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career, and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while…
— Douglas Coupland
Who Wrote These Writing Career Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 28 Writing Career Quotes as follows: