Armchairs Quote by Edward Carpenter

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I…

— Jose Saramago

Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book, I suppose it was only a matter of time…

— Paul Kane

If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel.…

— Philip Greenspun

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may…

— Goldie Hawn

Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own…

— Bob Dylan

I did not consider that I would lead a literary life. I'd thought initially, as a young girl, that I would be a teacher,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I didn't intend to be writing - the writer's life. I was just writing what came to me at the time, but it is…

— Sandra Cisneros

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

— Brian Aldiss

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

— Manuel Puig

A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I…

— Ray Bradbury

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and…

— Alex Garland

I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that I wanted…

— Owen King