Academic Quote by Michelle Richmond

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.

— Dorothy Day

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

I've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require that you…

— John Cooper Clarke

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

— Grace Paley

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.

— Heather Sellers

You have to live a life to become a writer.

— Joel Surnow

You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.

— Susanna Kaysen

The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.

— Ernest Hemingway

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

— Margaret Atwood

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

— Albert Brooks