Careers Quote by James Ellroy

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and…

— Mary Lavin

Unless you turn out to be a shining and ballistic genius, then, trust me, if you want to do this then you're going to…

— Warren Ellis

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

— Frank Darabont

I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else.

— Karin Fossum

I am living with my limitations and have no intention of becoming a writer.

— Pernell Roberts

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.

— Richard LaGravenese

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.

— Paul Auster

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

— Agatha Christie

In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I…

— Nic Pizzolatto

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

— Carl Sandburg

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.

— Ryan Murphy

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books…

— Rex Stout