“I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.” WritingInspirationJobsWaiting Author:Gail Carson Levine
“I write what I want to write. Period. I don't write novels-for-hire using media tie-in characters, I don't write suspense novels or thrillers. I write horror. And if no one wants to buy my books, I'll just keep writing them until they do sell--and get a job at Taco Bell in the meantime.” IfsWantWritingBookCharacterJobsNovelMediaPeriodsHorrorSellsSuspenseTiesBellsThrillersUsing MeTacosTaco BellSuspense Novels Author:Bentley Little
“I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels.” ThinkingWritingJobsNovelInternetToolsMarketingGreat Marketing Author:Bentley Little
“I'm sort of a pressure writer. If somebody says, "Stan, write something," and I have to have it by tomorrow morning, I'll just sit down and I'll write it. It always seems to come to me. But I'm better doing a rushed job because if it isn't something that's due quickly, I won't work on it until it becomes almost an emergency and then I'll do it.” IfsWritingSeemsJobsMorningTomorrowPressureDown AndDuesEmergenciesTomorrow Morning Author:Stan Lee
“My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.” WantGivingWritingTryingJobsReader Author:China Mieville
“To write three series a year you only need to commit to writing 10 pages per day, or editing 50 pages of text per day. Plus, writing is my job, and I need to write to eat, so I'm highly motivated to get up and get to work!” NeedsWritingYearsJobsThreePagesSeriesCommitGet UpPlusMotivatedEditing Author:Victoria Laurie
“It's a job. Get up and do it every day. Show up. Don't say no. Taylor Swift was the third write of my day every week. If I had gone home or said “Ah, man. I'm tired today. I'm not going to write at 4 o'clock in the afternoon with a teenager.' If I had done that, just think. Keep an open mind. Everybody has something to come into the room with and when you're starting out, try everything. You might find your magical writing partner.” IfsThinkingMenWritingTryingMindSaidDoneShowsHomeMightTodayJobsRoomsGoneWeekThirdsTiredStartingPartnersGet UpTeenagerClockAfternoonOpen MindI'm TiredStarting OutKeep An Open Mind Author:Liz Rose
“If writing is your passion, write and don't let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don't need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.” IfsNeedsWritingJobsPassionSticksQuittingConvinceRealisticSchedulesDay Jobs Author:Bindu
“It's an interesting job, it's a fascinating job, I can't imagine anything that would have given me more satisfaction, and not everything I did was awful, but it was just writing another story in a world that's full of stories.” WorldWritingI CanBookStoriesJobsGivenInterestingImagineSatisfactionAwfulComicFascinatingComic Book Author:Dennis O'Neil
“Sentences I never thought I would write. (1) That John Prescott certainly has a way with the ladies. (2) Give it to Steve McClaren, he seems like the man for the England job. (3) Peter Crouch is the man to replace Rooney.” MenWayGivingWritingSeemsJobsFootballHe ManEnglandSentencesManagersSoccerPeterChairmanRooney Author:Martin Samuel
“I find that if somebody is writing and drawing a comic book, planning it to be a movie and a game at the same time tends to lead to a pretty lame job.” IfsWritingBookJobsGamesDrawingPlanningComicComic BookLame Author:Frank Miller
“It might be a good idea to have government totally by the people - that each person takes four or five hours of the week doing some kind of government job - in other words, along with what you do you also help maintain the government so no one person has total control - I might go down to an office for four hours and do whatever I'm capable of doing - writing out receipts for food distribution in a certain area - but it's all actually a monstrous secretarial job and that's all I think it should be.” PeopleThinkingShouldWritingKindPersonsIdeasHelpingGovernmentMightJobsCertainHoursFiveFourWeekOfficeCapableAreasGood IdeasDistributionMonstrousReceiptsGovernment Jobs Author:Grace Slick
“As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to write songs from this time of the day to this time of the day." Almost treat it like a real job. I can't do that. I've never been able to write songs like that. You never know when something creative is going to hit you, or emotion or whatever. You can take it, and turn it into something that makes somebody feel something. I love that about my job.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingTryingI CanRealAbleJobsCertainSongTurnsEmotionCreativeTreatsMentalitySongwritersReal Jobs Author:Kenny Chesney
“I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.” IfsWritingMeanIdeasJobsMy FamilyIncomeDependentDay Jobs Author:Jim C. Hines
“I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.” IfsWantWritingWantedJobsSongFashionSingingGood JobIconsFashion Icon Author:Ellie Goulding
“writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.” WorldWritingJobsConceptsBridgesTribesFrustratingChasms Author:Fannie Hurst
“Why do people write books that say it's better to be older than to be younger? It's not better. Even if you have all your marbles, you're constantly reaching for the name of the person you met the day before yesterday.” PeopleIfsWantWritingPersonsBookAgeJobsYoungNamesMetsAgingYesterdayReachingSomedayMarketplaceMarbleDemographicsZeitgeist Author:Nora Ephron
“I'm always wondering what is the job that gives the writer the most amount of time to write. I still don't know what the answer is as someone who has taught and is now working at a grocery store.” KnowsGivingWritingStillsJobsAnswersWonderTaughtAmountStoresGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Ali Liebegott
“Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get on the table. You sometimes make creative sacrifices to get the job done. All that said, I'm looking forward to getting out of the two-book-a-year schedule I'm on and to getting some self-indulgence going.” WritingYearsMeanArtSaidTwoBookSelfSometimesDoneJobsTeachCreativeSacrificeTablesCraftsSchedulesLooking ForwardIndulgenceGroceriesSelf IndulgenceGet The Job Done Author:Charlie Huston
“I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let me understand how incredibly difficult that job is. I can't even imagine doing it on a weekly basis for a series in any way. That's tough. I think I'll try to leave that to smarter people than me.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingLittlesI CanHandsJobsDifficultImagineToughLet MeBasesSeriesScriptsSmarter Author:Nathan Fillion
“I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best you can. Keep your day job. If you get a lucky break, don't f*** up. It was helpful to be older because I had made all the really stupid mistakes already.” IfsWayWritingMadeShowsJobsMistakeBreakImagineAdviceStupidLuckyHelpfulDo The BestUnreliableDay JobsReally StupidLucky BreaksStupid Mistake Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsWritingBookDoneBigsKidsJobsCoursesEnjoyReaderPicksEngagedReluctant Author:Rick Riordan
“I love the students - they are remarkable, inspiring people. I would miss teaching if I stopped doing it. The kind of work I do is pretty diverse: I can cast a play while doing a polish of a screenplay, while thinking about a new play and revising another. In other words, the kind of work that I do during my work day is not just writing, yet it is all part of the job of being a playwright.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingKindI CanPlayJobsTeachingMissingStudentsCastsRemarkableDiversePolishPlaywrightScreenplaysRevisingWork Day Author:Donald Margulies