College Quote by Peter Heller

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

— Dave Eggers

I decided to make my living as a magazine writer. And I found that it was really easy and fun.

— Ann Patchett

From about ninth grade on, I knew I was a writer at heart. I had fantasies of being a great novelist, but I thought…

— Kevin Maney

I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

— Jackie Kennedy

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

— Matt Ridley

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

— Dee Rees

I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. It was my only creative outlet in those days.

— Soupy Sales

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

— Richard Ford

I've always been a writer. I started getting paid for writing in college. Where it transitioned from commentary to journalism was in that shift…

— Melissa Gira Grant