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

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I…

— Julianna Baggott

At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I…

— Ben Schwartz

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I…

— Josh Lawson

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's…

— Nicholas Stoller

With writing, I felt like it was just my free place where no one told me what to do because it was just my…

— Tate McRae

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I think my becoming a writer had much to do with spending a chunk of each year sitting by myself out in a tent…

— Robert Sapolsky

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

— Matt Ridley

I became a writer out of the desire to express myself.

— Pankaj Kapur