Opportunity Quote by Dan Mintz

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 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've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require that you…

— John Cooper Clarke

Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.

— Francine Rivers

It's just a job. I don't like writing.

— Catherine Gaskin

Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.

— Jack Thorne

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

— Lydia Davis

Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.

— Richard North Patterson

If you have some other profession that allows you your evenings or weekends, terrific, stick with that. Having a profession other than writing also…

— Debra Dean

I did not think of writing as a career and I don't think that I did this ever really, but I think of writing…

— Chinua Achebe

If writing is your passion, write and don't let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don't need to quit your day job to do…

— Bindu

I always wanted to write when I was a kid; it just never occurred to me that you could have a job that didn't…

— Dave Barry