Avid Quote by Dustin Lance Black

I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

— Sefi Atta

I never had a moment of wanting to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress, but writing was just a thing I…

— Sarah Pinborough

I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.

— Jane Goldman

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz

I always wanted to be a writer.

— Jung Chang

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

— Jill Lepore

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

— Jonathan Evison

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer.

— Joshua Ferris