Always Quote by Amor Towles

I've been a writer my whole life.

— Scheana Shay

Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.

— David Milch

I've always considered myself a writer.

— Patti Smith

I am not a writer except when I write.

— Juan Carlos Onetti

I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer.

— Meital Dohan

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

I don't call myself a writer.

— Bruce Boxleitner

...One reason I became a writer was that I figured out that if you call yourself a writer, you can read all you want…

— Katherine Paterson

It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be true.

— Sarah Dessen

When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you.

— Natalie Goldberg

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer