Career Quote by Cord Jefferson

Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.

— Tom Barbash

I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books…

— Per Petterson

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

— Walter Cronkite

Part of what motivated my writing was anger. I was angry that the daily misery of doctors, nurses, and patients was being trivialised into…

— Jed Mercurio

For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.

— Lisa Joy

“Many of us are driven to write through experiences born from pain, generating a need to uniquely express our own inner turmoil. Light-hearted inspiration…

— Keith Steinbaum

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.

— Carl Honore

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen