Adopted Quote by Anthony Bourdain

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

— Bob Schieffer

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan

I think if I hadn't become a writer I would just have suppressed that part of my personality. I think I would have put…

— Hilary Mantel

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

— Thomas Keneally

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never…

— Russell Baker

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I…

— Amish Tripathi

If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself…

— David Bowie

I did not consider that I would lead a literary life. I'd thought initially, as a young girl, that I would be a teacher,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow