Air Quote by Amiri Baraka

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I…

— Peter Gzowski

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

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 never had a moment of wanting to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress, but writing was just a thing I…

— Sarah Pinborough

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

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

— Tess Gerritsen

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found…

— Karin Slaughter

I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my…

— Robert Crais

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else.…

— Paul Auster