Robert Lowell Quotes

I feel a passion for what we're trying to do.I mean, why does somebody who's old who's a writer keep writing? Because that's who they are.

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reason for living.

When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do.

For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith.

I really knew with every fiber of my being that acting was - for lack of a better word - my calling.

When you find something that you really love to do, you kind of just know instantly that, OK yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.

If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.

I can't just look at my position as a job. It's my passion.

Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion.

[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice.

I feel that what I do is a calling. I would pay to do what I do if I had to. I will never live long enough to do the work I want to do: the books I would like to write, the ideas I would like to explore.

This (writing) is the love of your life. It's what I want to do when I wake up. Nothing feels so absorbing, so fulfilling.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful.

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.

Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Work to me is a sacred thing.

I'm very lucky that I love what I do. I've never thought of it as work. I've never done it for the money.