Avid Quote by Fay Godwin

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

I wasnt always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home…

— Janet Evanovich

I was a photographer. That's how I began my career, behind the camera.

— Shweta Tripathi

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

— P. J. Harvey

I always wanted to be a writer and the logical way to do that was journalism. I took up a course in Manipal; during…

— Nag Ashwin

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 had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.

— Nathan Lowell

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

— Nithya Menen

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

— Eileen Pollack