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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

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.

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.

You'd think it would be easier for writers to make a living, but it's not. Fortunately, I love to teach.

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