Day to day Quote by John Dalton

When I was in high school and college, my other real focus was, actually, fiction writing. So in college, I had done all these…

— Lily Rabe

I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college.

— Scheana Shay

Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

— Jill Lepore

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

— Betsy Byars

I took a lot of writing courses.

— Danny Strong

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 instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

— Peter Straub

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

In actual fact, I have been an academic - a college and university teacher and scholar - for much of the last 45 years,…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

— Conor Oberst

I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

— James L. Brooks

I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.

— Wale