Attention Quote by Chris Pavone

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed of a…

— Rumaan Alam

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Early on in life I knew that I was a writer, that I just wanted to write, I love books, I love literature and…

— Robert Greene

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on…

— William Finnegan

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a…

— Sophie Kinsella

Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman,…

— Chris Pavone

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a way to…

— Wolfgang Puck

Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from school. And…

— Mary Kay Andrews

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe