Brain Quote by Ezra Pound

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.

— Neal Gabler

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

— Margaret Atwood

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

— Rod McKuen

You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing…

— Elizabeth Berg

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or…

— Jasper Fforde

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

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

I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.

— Oscar Wilde

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

— Jamaica Kincaid