Always Quote by Chang-Rae Lee

When I was growing up, my parents thought there could be nothing better than being a writer. And at that time, society afforded that…

— Alissa Quart

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

— Lloyd Alexander

I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life.…

— Kyle Kinane

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

— Christine Elise

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

— Tess Gerritsen

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

— Zoe Kazan

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

If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself.

— John Updike

I told my parents when I was 12 I'd be a writer.

— bell hooks

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets your hands…

— Ali Liebegott