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Professional Writer Quotes

I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses Picture Quote #1

Don’t let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that Picture Quote #1

One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he’d done it for a living Picture Quote #1

The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn’t be any remuneration, period Picture Quote #1

Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer Picture Quote #1

Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether Picture Quote #1

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Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living Picture Quote #1

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit Picture Quote #1

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it Picture Quote #1

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer Picture Quote #1

To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man Picture Quote #1

Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one’s own Picture Quote #1

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I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses Picture Quote #1

Here’s the bottom line; writers write. Sometimes words flow easily. Sometimes it’s like sloughing through mud. Either way a professional writer keeps writing Picture Quote #1

A professional writer is a joke. You write because you can’t do anything else, and then you have another job Picture Quote #1

It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people’s ideas Picture Quote #1

Is any novelist going to recognize the moment when he or she has nothing more to say? It is a brave thing to admit. And since as a professional writer you are full of anxiety anyway, you could easily misread the signs Picture Quote #1

I’ve been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs Picture Quote #1

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In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love seats. I have never seen one of them in print. Books must be written, not talked Picture Quote #1

I detest professional anythings but particularly professional writers. Most of them today are just garbage collectors Picture Quote #1

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game Picture Quote #1

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer Picture Quote #1

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I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses. (Professional Writer Quotes) Don’t let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that. (Professional Writer Quotes) One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he’d done it for a living. (Professional Writer Quotes) The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn’t be any remuneration, period (Professional Writer Quotes) Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer (Professional Writer Quotes) Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether (Professional Writer Quotes) Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living (Professional Writer Quotes) A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit (Professional Writer Quotes) The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it (Professional Writer Quotes) An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer (Professional Writer Quotes) To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man (Professional Writer Quotes) Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one’s own (Professional Writer Quotes) I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses (Professional Writer Quotes) Here’s the bottom line; writers write. Sometimes words flow easily. Sometimes it’s like sloughing through mud. Either way a professional writer keeps writing (Professional Writer Quotes) A professional writer is a joke. You write because you can’t do anything else, and then you have another job (Professional Writer Quotes) It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people’s ideas (Professional Writer Quotes) Is any novelist going to recognize the moment when he or she has nothing more to say? It is a brave thing to admit. And since as a professional writer you are full of anxiety anyway, you could easily misread the signs (Professional Writer Quotes) I’ve been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs (Professional Writer Quotes) In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love seats. I have never seen one of them in print. Books must be written, not talked (Professional Writer Quotes) I detest professional anythings but particularly professional writers. Most of them today are just garbage collectors (Professional Writer Quotes) As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game (Professional Writer Quotes) Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer (Professional Writer Quotes)