You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.” — David Carr Copy Share Image
I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible. — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a… — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
I went through a phase where I wanted to be a writer... but it's not social enough. — Sophie Kennedy Clark Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else.… — Peter Gzowski Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found… — B. J. Novak Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer but everyone kept telling me it was impossible to break into the field or make… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer all my life. Since I was 10. And then at a certain point I began to… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“I met a doctor the other night who told me he had always wanted to be a writer. I nodded. People always… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“It’s every man for himself,” he said, and went back to reading. After my mother had died and he’d been laid off… — Jeffrey Ford Copy Share Image
I'd wanted to be a writer my whole life. But when I finally made it, I felt like a greyhound catching the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8.… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
I'm one of those sad cases who've never wanted to be anything but a writer. I started writing my first novel when… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
No, I never really set out to be a stand up. I wanted to be a writer of some sort. I thought… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Why shouldn’t I? I demand silently. Why shouldn’t I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“You have always wanted to be a writer. Getting the job at the magazine was only your first step toward literacy celebrity.… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
