Explorers Quote by Alan Dean Foster

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

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

— Dustin Lance Black

Reading, like writing, was a survival strategy when I was young because these were ways of feeling that my world could be much larger…

— Leigh Bardugo

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist…

— Daniel H. Wilson

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started…

— Ann Hood

I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now…

— Helen Oyeyemi

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

— Rick Riordan

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

— Sufjan Stevens

I've always wanted to write science fiction. It was one of my first loves, and I knew if I became a writer someday I'd…

— Rick Yancey

Science fiction is where I started out, really. When I was a kid, I was a complete addict of science fiction. It was one…

— Salman Rushdie

I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

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

— Cassandra Clare