Career Quote by Jules Renard

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use…

— Henry Ford

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

— Rebecca Serle

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It's very psychically wearing not to write…

— Fran Lebowitz

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

— Fran Lebowitz

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

— Amish Tripathi

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

— Neal Gabler

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

— Pat Barker

My writing has always been considered extremely important, even though I make slim-to-no money at it.

— Kate Zambreno