I wanted to be a writer. I wanted experiences from Cape Town to right up in northern Mozambique. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was someone who wanted to be a writer but who wasn't writing. I was someone buying books on writing. I was… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to be a writer. But she was a child of the Depression and never understood that she wasn't… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy. — Allison Silverman Copy Share Image
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted, most of all, to be a writer of films and film music. But Middlesbrough in 1968… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,' she'd say,… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a writer. Always been very creative. I always laughed at things that the rest of my family… — Bonnie McFarlane Copy Share Image
I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To… — Daniel Pinkwater Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, to write these stories that would make people see the world in a different way. But… — Jeffrey Skoll Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I could never really decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, and for a while, I thought that maybe… — Christina Tosi Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
It helps to know from a very early age what you want to do. From the time I was five years old,… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts,… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“Interviewer (Louise Tucker): What did you want to be when you grew up? Have you always wanted to be a writer? IllumBerg:… — Natasha IllumBerg Copy Share Image
I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer... 'Critical Care' was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
“No, this was the career I wanted; a writer could be employed for as long as she could hold a pencil; for… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
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