Becoming Quote by Alain de Botton

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and…

— Alex Garland

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan

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

— Dustin Lance Black

Writing was the soul of everything else ... Wanting to be a writer was wanting to be a person.

— Patricia Hampl

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of…

— M.C. Beaton

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay

A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I…

— Ray Bradbury

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

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 really wanted to be a writer.

— Nancy Meyers

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong