Born Quote by Chath Piersath

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

— Shiloh Fernandez

Who'd want to be a modernist writer in the English-speaking world?

— Will Self

If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer.

— Justin Cartwright

Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you…

— Barack Obama

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 for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write - then I…

— James Salter

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

What I'd like to be above all is a writer.

— Jules Verne

I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because…

— Daniel Radcliffe

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.

— Chris Jericho