Children Quote by Amor Towles

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

I've been writing all my life. Even though I didn't have sort of careerist aspirations as a writer, it was very much my identity.

— Ayana Mathis

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most…

— Margaret Mahy

I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at…

— Aya Cash

I've spent most of my life writing and developing everything that I've wanted to be in - which is why I started writing in…

— Alex Borstein

I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my eighth-grade yearbook…

— Lee Kelly

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've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

— Lana Del Rey

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me…

— Julie Klassen

I have been privileged to write across multiple facets of my life: to write romance novels, to write memoir, to write about leadership, and…

— Stacey Abrams

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond