Career Quote by Susan Cheever

I did not think of writing as a career and I don't think that I did this ever really, but I think of writing…

— Chinua Achebe

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

— Dee Rees

I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it…

— Mary Oliver

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener

I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.

— Vantile Whitfield

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

— Nora Roberts

There's an old hymn called 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' That's what writing feels like to me. I have to write. It's intrinsic…

— Sarah Addison Allen

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

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

— Vicki Baum

I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train yourself to know better. To know…

— Kristen Stewart

I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories…

— Charles de Lint