Abandon Quote by George Orwell

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to read, and…

— Signe Baumane

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started…

— Ann Hood

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare

“From ... the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. ... I tried to…

— George Orwell

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious…

— Joyce Carol Oates

It helps to know from a very early age what you want to do. From the time I was five years old, I wanted…

— Tom Wolfe

Before you can become a writer, you have to be a reader, and a reader of everything, at that. To the best of my…

— Terry Pratchett

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…

— Jami Attenberg

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

— Christopher McQuarrie