Able Quote by Michael Connelly

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage…

— A. N. Wilson

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.

— Eve Bunting

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

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

— Frank Darabont

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

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

— Scheana Shay

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

I'm a writer. I never expected to be recognised on the street. I never expected to get that kind of coverage, good or bad.…

— James Frey

As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off…

— Jonathan Coe

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often…

— Ha Jin