Activity Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now…

— Helen Oyeyemi

I didn't intend to be a novelist. I didn't intend to be anything. I thought I'd be a journalist.

— Alex Garland

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started…

— Ann Hood

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it…

— Jon Spaihts

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist…

— Daniel H. Wilson

I wanted to be involved with literature. I certainly wasn't going to be able to write for a living, and I didn't have enough…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

For me, before I learned how to read I was really interested in story and in landscape and nature. I decided to become a…

— Rebecca Solnit