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title: "4 Writing Childhood Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/writing-was-not-a-childhood-dream-of-mine-i-do-not-recall-longing-to/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/john-grisham-974_childhood_writing-was-not-a-childhood-dream-of-min_920647.jpg)

> [But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-dutton/but-when-i-realized-it-was-actually-going-to-be-this-portrait-of-the/)

[Danielle Dutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-dutton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/danielle-dutton-25187_able_but-when-i-realized-it-was-actually-goin_939405.jpg)

> [I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/i-was-writing-all-my-childhood-and-i-wrote-two-novels-when-i-was-17/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/doris-lessing-501_books_i-was-writing-all-my-childhood-and-i-wro_2821311.png)

> [I've got an original graphic novel called 'The Indian and the Bandit' that I'm writing with a childhood friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcmillian/i-ve-got-an-original-graphic-novel-called-the-indian-and-the-bandit/)

[Michael McMillian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcmillian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/michael-mcmillian-30679_bandit_i-ve-got-an-original-graphic-novel-calle_3215921.jpg)

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