“A writing career is like a pangolin driving a semi truck through a taco bell. Everyone is very impressed, but no one stops to think how many fortunes had to align to make that happen.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“When I read someone say that every writer dreams of their work being adapted for Film or TV, I roll my eyes. Writers dreams of being published, of finding readers and keeping them, of being given the space to write the books they want... everything else is just icing.”— John Boyne, twitter.com
“- some writers have day jobs - some don't - some writers have a lot of money - some struggle to stay afloat - some writers get huge advances or can live off royalties - some writers aren't there yet Money doesn't make a writer a good or bad person or a good or bad writer.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.com
“if you are a young writer, or an old writer, or a “I’m not sure if I’m a writer” writer: keep writing. keep reading. keep exploring. keep going to museums and playing and painting and singing and re-imagining the world. please.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“There is absolutely zero way to predict how your creative career will go. You could be read by a producer and get a movie tomorrow. You could hit it big 10 years from now. No one knows. The anxiety, of course, comes from the fact that it's hard to plan a future around something no one knows anything…”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com