Amount Quote by Cheryl Strayed

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I was studying sculpture and painting and was working on a degree so I could become a teacher. I really liked teaching, and it…

— Kurt Wagner

I've gone through a whole series of careers where something started as a hobby of some kind. Almost everything I've been paid to do…

— John Knoll

At the same time, I went through college, received a Ph.D. and started to teach. I wrote books.

— Frederick Lenz

I didn't have a lot of great jobs. I was a third-shift legal proofreader. I did office work for people where a friend might…

— Charles Bock

I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I…

— Jason Katims

I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had…

— Ted Dekker

I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band,…

— Isaac Marion

After college, I was burdened with student loans to repay, no financial cushion, so I wasn't in a position to bet everything on a…

— Chris Pavone

I did just about everything under the sun. I did some Revlon work, make-up artistry. I taught classes at community colleges for a make-up…

— Ivory

After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled…

— Joan Larkin

My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down…

— Owen King