Career Quote by Mary Oliver

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

I did not think of writing as a career and I don't think that I did this ever really, but I think of writing…

— Chinua Achebe

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.

— Vantile Whitfield

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

— Nora Roberts

I've been writing all my life. Even though I didn't have sort of careerist aspirations as a writer, it was very much my identity.

— Ayana Mathis

I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I…

— Peter Gzowski

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

— Anna Quindlen

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my eighth-grade yearbook…

— Lee Kelly

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

— Matt Ridley

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener