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I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

I wanted to be a writer, but at the time, I spent my days working a retail job, my nights sleeping in my childhood bedroom, and while I had written short stories here and there, I didn't know how to write good fiction anymore than I knew how to perform good brain surgery.

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.