I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked. — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible. — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I didn't like shooting part, because I was more of a writer and didn't like being the center… — Hannes Holm Copy Share Image
I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write -… — James Salter Copy Share Image
There's so much shame involved in not being like everyone else. But I learned that the things that made me unique were… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“There was silence. No one looked at me. People pretended to be absorbed in their phones. One writer didn’t even have a… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I had been a writer all of my life, every waking second, and now that part of my life was over. I… — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
The first five years as a writer, I didn't know how to write at all. I couldn't write my way out of… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious,… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“I have never met a writer who didn't need an editor, and an editor without a writer is a person without a… — Alex Beam Copy Share Image
“I was afraid to become a writer. I didn't think I had the ability - it was too big a thing. Who… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“All you had to say was, 'I am a writer,' and you became one. You didn't even have to write anything. You… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll read something and think, "What is going on here? There must be more to this." The constraints of the news… — Joshuah Bearman Copy Share Image
