I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.

In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

You should not confuse your career with your life.

Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it., Nerdfighteria Wiki, January 17, 2012]

Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.

It is so important that we as spiritual people should not define ourselves only by our profession

Our specific profession serves a sacred purpose.