Activity Quote by Fay Weldon

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

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write…

— Agatha Christie

A professional writer is a joke. You write because you can't do anything else, and then you have another job.

— Jamaica Kincaid

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

— Rebecca Serle

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

— Jamaica Kincaid

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

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

— Neal Gabler

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.

— Philip Pullman

“Another difference between amateur and professional writers, almost by definition, is that the latter more successfully engage their audience. It is partly a question…

— Alice W. Flaherty

Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is…

— William Kittredge

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

— Rod McKuen

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

— Gregory Mcdonald