Books Quote by Sidney Sheldon

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage…

— Sasha Alexander

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

— Jess Walter

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.

— Mac Davis

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell…

— Mike White

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines,…

— George R. R. Martin

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college.…

— Thomas Haden Church