Adventures Quote by Ann Hood

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

— Rick Riordan

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

— Sandra Brown

When I went to high school, I wanted to be a designer of airplanes. But flunking out of the science high school brought me…

— Avi

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

— Johanna Lindsey

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far…

— Alex Flinn

I was always interested in writing from an early age, but it seemed so far away and inconceivable, like wanting to be an astronaut…

— Lisa Joy

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job -…

— Joanne Harris

Once the travel guide came out and won an award, once I got an MFA in creative writing, once I sold my next novel,…

— James Bernard Frost

I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found my writing…

— Jim Jarmusch

I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.

— Paulo Coelho

In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I…

— Meg Cabot

I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what I wanted…

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt