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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day;…

— Karen Thompson Walker

Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.

— Vikram Chatwal

I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.

— Robert A. Heinlein

I have been written off my whole career.

— Diego Sanchez

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

I really had to decide why I was writing. I had no interest in going back to law; I very briefly - for about…

— Ben Fountain

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

— Mary Gauthier

I've spent most of my life writing and developing everything that I've wanted to be in - which is why I started writing in…

— Alex Borstein

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long…

— Kate DiCamillo

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

— Thomas Perry