Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.
Justin CroninMy rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.
Justin CroninI'm a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I'm at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day.
Justin Cronin