Book Quote by Holly Lisle

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

— Maureen Johnson

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

— Regina Brett

“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come…

— Sara Sheridan

Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.

— Justin Cronin

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

— Gregory Mcdonald

I don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible…

— Susan Cheever

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: Read a Lot & Write a Lot

— Stephen King

Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it…

— Etgar Keret

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

— Jamaica Kincaid

What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another.

— Irving Thalberg

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir