Atlantic Quote by Nic Pizzolatto

Every writer dreams of having the ability to hold forth for 8,000 words and pull all these different forms together: history, reportage, journalism. That…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far…

— Alex Flinn

Once the travel guide came out and won an award, once I got an MFA in creative writing, once I sold my next novel,…

— James Bernard Frost

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

— Tori Amos

I love being able to be a writer. That's what I moved to New York to be.

— John Searles

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 can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

— Pippa Middleton

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had…

— James Rollins

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

— Dee Rees

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

Besides acting, writing has been my passion for a long time.

— Antara Mali