Century Quote by Alan Dean Foster

I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.

— Shantel VanSanten

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

I wanted to be a novelist for so long.

— Alice Sebold

I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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 write what I can. I think being able to write like Michael Connelly and have a character that goes from novel to novel,…

— Henry Rollins

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

— Ken Kesey

Someday I would love to write about Vincent van Gogh - his paintings and letters continue to inspire me very much. But it remains…

— Henri Nouwen

I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science…

— Arthur C. Clarke

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and…

— Richard Powers

I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

— Francois Truffaut