Amateur Quote by Norman Mailer

Amateurs write when they are inspired. Professionals are inspired when they write. This is a subtle but important distinction.

— Michael Hyatt

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

— Jane Smiley

“Another difference between amateur and professional writers, almost by definition, is that the latter more successfully engage their audience. It is partly a question…

— Alice W. Flaherty

“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting. A professional…

— Avi

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because…

— David McCullough

Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are…

— Diablo Cody

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it.…

— Amanda Palmer

I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the form.

— Jim Jarmusch

Much like film, authors spend a fair amount of time alone in the creative process, tossing their work out into what can feel like…

— Mary Pilon

As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their…

— George Cukor

I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a…

— Ben Hecht

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you…

— Fay Weldon