About Quote by Eve Ensler

I loved being a waitress. At times I think...I'd just like to go back and be a waitress for a few weeks and just…

— Evangeline Lilly

After college, I spent a decade working the kinds of jobs that I write about - bartender, shoe salesman, kitchen man - while voraciously…

— George Pelecanos

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

I was the first in my family to go to college, and I waitressed all the way through, using my earnings to pay for…

— Ali Liebegott

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

— Matt Ridley

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long…

— Kate DiCamillo

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

— Richard Ford

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

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

— Thomas Perry

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it…

— Mary Oliver

I got used to being a writer. To compare it to teaching - I taught for twenty-five years; for the first two or three…

— Cynthia Voigt