Adulthood Quote by Anne Tyler

When I was a kid, growing up, I used to write a lot of stories.

— Eoin Macken

As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other…

— Victoria Hanley

For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them…

— Laura Hillenbrand

When I was young, I would write all the time. Novels, plays, and poems. It's like a disease - my life is filled with…

— Christine and the Queens

I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I…

— Dido Armstrong

I used to write my own versions of famous tales, such as William Tell or Robin Hood, and illustrate them myself, too. When I…

— Peter Robinson

For me, writing something down was the only road out.

— Anne Tyler

When I was ten, my mother told me to write down my feelings. I eventually started writing a book. I wish I'd kept the…

— Franny Armstrong

Writing my own stories had always been one of my dreams, but I didn't start until I was 29. I was working in a…

— Kate DiCamillo

The things about my childhood that I really loved the most, writing about those things was hard because I knew they would never happen…

— Tara Westover

As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that…

— Kameron Hurley

For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.

— Lisa Joy