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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.
My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.
I would always get a lot of work as a writer, but that wasn't what I wanted to be. For me, I was only doing half of what I really wanted to do - write and direct.
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.
I didn't think I would be an exceptional writer, and I thought I might be a useful publisher. I've never regretted it.
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.
Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.