Professional Quote by Tolulope Popoola

A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is…

— Sara Sheridan

“Writers write because they're writers.”

— Brian A. McBride

“There is an audience for everything; our job as writers is to do the work and provide readers with a choice.”

— Elizabeth Hernandez

“Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Writers are readers, too.”

— Bea Cannon

“In time, most children stop being puzzled in this way. They settle in. The world around them, as it becomes familiar and daily, becomes…

— David Malouf

“To become better writers we must become the best thieves and liars in the business. We slink around the pages of everyone else’s work…

— Chris Stocking

“[...]all men are writers, journalists scribbling within their skulls the narrative of what they see and hear[...]”

— Terry Pratchett

“Writers, to my way of thinking, are no more free in their choices than most people. Our material chooses us; certain things engage us,…

— Tobias Wolff

“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start…

— Sharyn McCrumb

“Authors only write what their characters tell them. Which mean we are scribes, and the characters are the author.”

— Anna-Cosette