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At 19, while studying at St Xavier's College and majoring in literature and sociology, I got my first job as a copywriter. It was…

— Zoya Akhtar

I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories…

— Candace Bushnell

In my 20s, I was a freelance writer with little money and living in a rabbit warren one-and-a-half-bedroom with a roommate.

— Alissa Quart

When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.

— Ang Lee

I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would…

— Bobby Flay

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

— Adam Giles

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

— Johanna Lindsey

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

— Tony Gilroy

I went to film school, worked as an assistant, and wrote several scripts that haven't gotten made.

— Lauren Miller

Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The Hill' newspaper.…

— David Grann

I've lived a life of unplanned freelance employment.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

— Sandra Brown