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

— Dustin Lance Black

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

— Cassandra Clare

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've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but it was…

— Roxane Gay

All I've wanted to do is write. In school I just wanted to be a writer but I was afraid to be a writer…

— Eoin Macken

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

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

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do with my…

— Angela Yee