Amateur Quotes

I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Every artist was first an amateur.

I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I'm an old-fashioned amateur.

I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.

I'll always be an amateur photographer.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

I never was an amateur wrestler.

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania.

I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.