Break Quote by Barbara Hambly

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.

— Hannah Kent

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen,…

— Paul Auster

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those…

— Anonymous

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But…

— Garrison Keillor

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something…

— Gene Weingarten

I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.

— Jane Goldman

I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college.

— Scheana Shay

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

I always wanted to be a writer.

— Jung Chang