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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

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then…

— John Francis

I wanted to capture time through how food and I were getting along at any given moment. That necessitated writing some dark stuff, some…

— Kate Christensen

In college, I'd gone abroad to get away from a campus where I felt I didn't fit in. And I started writing fiction, at…

— Kim Brooks

I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips…

— Jon Weisman

For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.…

— Anne Tyler

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

When I got large enough to go to work, while employed I was reflecting on many things that would present themselves to my imagination;…

— Nat Turner

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

— Hayley Atwell

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a…

— Linda McCartney

I started writing stories in my spare time.

— Ken Follett