Allan Sloan Quotes

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.

I always write the pieces I want to write.

Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

Freedom is the basic prerequisite for writing.

My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job!

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work hard, but I earn more than the national average wage while I play with my imagination, and for me, that's a dream.

I want to be a writer someday.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

I write what I write.

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a magazine called 'Pensions World.' So I was writing for a living there and that's when I started my first book.

One writes what one can, or has to, write.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.

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

Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.

I've got America's best writer for $300 a week.

Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun!

Write on any subject you choose. There are no taboos except what is prohibited by law and press ethics.

'Cheers' was a good first step because I got to write my own material.