Chance Quote by Poppy Z. Brite

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

— Mia Farrow

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful…

— Michael Tolkin

I realized that I might not ever make it as a writer, that it might be because I wasn't good enough, or that it…

— Jay McInerney

My dad was very successful as a journalist, so I didn't want to be one. I wanted to be a novelist.

— Giles Coren

I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills…

— Andrew Davies

I think a lot of writers spend years just getting up the courage to write because it seems like such a fantasy of a…

— B. J. Novak

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

— Tobias Smollett

I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets your hands…

— Ali Liebegott

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

— Crystal Hana Kim

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my…

— Shakira

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.

— Lisa Joy

“Writing is not a job description. A great deal of it is luck. Don't do it if you are not a gambler because a…

— Margaret Atwood