Bits Quote by Tod Goldberg

I've always been a writer. I started getting paid for writing in college. Where it transitioned from commentary to journalism was in that shift…

— Melissa Gira Grant

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

— Matt Ridley

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

— Frank Darabont

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

— Eileen Pollack

I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I…

— Jason Katims

I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces for 'The…

— Ari Melber

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

— Jennifer Weiner

I was a freelance journalist, and it was a struggle because I had to pitch all the time, research, and stay on top of…

— David Mccandless

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

I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

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

— Lynne Truss