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A writer's job is to tell the truth.

I've always said the hardest aspect of the job of being a writer is writing.

When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.

All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.

I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.