Wanted Writer Quotes · Page 2

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

— Michael Easton

I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing.

— Tom King

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.

— J.I.D

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.

— Hannah Kent

I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.

— Jonathan Lethem

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

— Juliana Hatfield

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

— Jonathan Evison

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

— Ernest Gaines

When... I told my father I wanted to be a writer, he had asked me to consider my unfortunate wife, who would…

— John Mortimer

“I always wanted to be a writer, and I always wrote something – stories, poetry, articles, newsletters, letters. Most writers can't help…

— Marina Oliver

I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do…

— Angela Yee

I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew…

— Paul Theroux

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually,…

— Karin Slaughter

I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found…

— Jim Jarmusch

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I…

— Tracy Chevalier

As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and…

— Victoria Hanley

I had just been in some repressive situations - the black middle-class college scene and the crazy United States Air Force -…

— Amiri Baraka

As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon…

— William S. Burroughs

I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, and I had started a lot of books and failed…

— Leigh Bardugo

From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for…

— Anonymous

My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before…

— Sandra Cisneros

In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit…

— Jonathan Dee

I think all of us begin as writers. I wanted to be a writer from the time I as eight, long before…

— Gary Giddins

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

— Mick Foley

I knew I wanted to be a writer from as far back as I can remember. That was my talent. Lord knows…

— Kevin Maney

It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific.

— Michael Connelly

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

— Sefi Atta

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.

— Lisa Joy

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to…

— Sufjan Stevens

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

I was nine when I first knew I wanted to be a writer, in particular, a poet.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

— Kate DiCamillo

I started out as an artist, but I've always wanted to be a writer and producer.

— Teddy Geiger

I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

— Patti Smith

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black