Career Quote by Chinua Achebe

I don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible…

— Susan Cheever

I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it…

— Mary Oliver

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener

I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.

— Vantile Whitfield

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

— Nora Roberts

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

There's an old hymn called 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' That's what writing feels like to me. I have to write. It's intrinsic…

— Sarah Addison Allen

I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories…

— Charles de Lint

I've been writing all my life. Even though I didn't have sort of careerist aspirations as a writer, it was very much my identity.

— Ayana Mathis

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

— Matt Ridley

No, I never thought that I would be a writer. I had always been told I could write well, but it never occurred to…

— Elizabeth Berg