Jobs Quote by Thomas Perry

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

— Frank Darabont

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

— Jennifer Weiner

After college, I spent a decade working the kinds of jobs that I write about - bartender, shoe salesman, kitchen man - while voraciously…

— George Pelecanos

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

— Lynne Truss

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

— Lloyd Alexander

At a certain point, I got used to writing on demand. I developed a habit of writing like I hired myself! I also like…

— Jake Holmes

I have been written off my whole career.

— Diego Sanchez

So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…

— Tod Goldberg

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

— A. S. Byatt

I had been writing professionally since 1988

— Laura Hillenbrand

I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay…

— Miguel Syjuco