Expert Quote by John Hodgman

I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you…

— Robin McKinley

If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.

— Carol Kane

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

— Christopher Bollen

In addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything.

— Theresa Breslin

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

— Allison Janney

When I was a young girl, I was so crazy about animals that I wanted to do something associated with them, and I thought…

— Olivia Newton-John

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

— Carol Burnett

I'd had a variety of jobs - shop assistant, writer of children's magazines - but had found myself, funnily enough, as quite an uninformed…

— Josh Widdicombe

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian…

— James Rollins

So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…

— Tod Goldberg

If I wasn't a writer, I don't know what I'd be. Probably a marine biologist or something.

— Jeff VanderMeer

I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like I was…

— Kelly Link