I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.
I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them.
Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.
It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan.
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.