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Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

— Richard Ford

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Writing is the most important thing in my life - above marriage.

— Lawrence Sanders

Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.

— Jesse Kellerman

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.

— Simon Van Booy

My life has really been about writing, though some think it's all about once having been in a ball dress and having an odd life and marrying all the time. But it's the writing that's always been the point.

— Emma Tennant

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

— Sarah Waters

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

— Noah Baumbach

Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.

— David Hackworth

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.

— Judy Blume

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

— Iris Murdoch