Commitment Quote by Pearl Cleage

The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading…

— Kim Young-ha

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to…

— Dorothy Allison

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to…

— Stephen Ambrose

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

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

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

I don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible…

— Susan Cheever

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

— Dorothy Day

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some…

— William S. Burroughs

For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down.

— Terence Blacker

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp