Career Quote by Vicki Baum

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you…

— Fay Weldon

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

— Georges Simenon

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

— Anna Quindlen

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.

— Neal Gabler

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

— Jamaica Kincaid

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

— Gregory Mcdonald

Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is…

— William Kittredge

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Writing is a crummy profession, but a good hobby.

— Paavo Haavikko

Writing is not a genteel profession. It's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

— Rosemary Mahoney