Amusing Quote by Edna Ferber

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill…

— Edna Ferber

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

— Shania Twain

Writing is a crummy profession, but a good hobby.

— Paavo Haavikko

Writing is a sedentary gig unless one has a treadmill desk. But I have long believed writing and working out are complementary disciplines.

— Laura Lippman

Writing is not a genteel profession. It's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

— Rosemary Mahoney

Writing is a very isolating occupation.

— Ellen Ullman

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

— Vicki Baum

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

— Meg Cabot

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

— Fran Lebowitz

Writing is an adventure.

— Winston Churchill

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor