Better Quote by Alissa Quart

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

— Crystal Hana Kim

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I told my parents when I was 12 I'd be a writer.

— bell hooks

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.

— Lisa Joy

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution -…

— Paulo Coelho

When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals - a practice…

— Dani Shapiro

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

— Christine Elise

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