Career Quote by Amanda Gorman

I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.

— Paloma Elsesser

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

I always wanted to be a writer. I was writing poetry when I was 6.

— Peter Heller

I always knew that was what I wanted to do - to write, particularly poetry.

— Derek Walcott

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

— Frederick Busch

I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and breathing people…

— Denise Duhamel

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories…

— Charles de Lint

Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be.

— Alice Notley

I had hoped to be a poet, and for a long time I tried to write poetry. My first published pieces were poems.

— Norman Lock

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner