Allowed Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

I became much more interested in plot when I really didn't consider myself a writer anymore. When I was in an art context and…

— Vito Acconci

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

— Ben Rhodes

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything…

— Will Self

As a young kid I assumed that everybody was sort of on the same wavelength as I was and then I found out in…

— George Saunders

Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that my future…

— Steve Backshall

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

For a while, when I got out of college, I tried to write fiction. I'd grown up more around novelists, and my initial attraction…

— David Grann

Reading, like writing, was a survival strategy when I was young because these were ways of feeling that my world could be much larger…

— Leigh Bardugo

I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of…

— Jasper Fforde

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

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

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing…

— Danielle Trussoni