Books Quote by George Orwell

From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer.…

— George Orwell

“I wanted to see the world, to work in all professions , to meet new people, to be whatever I ever imagined, to tell…

— Anonymous

“My youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.”

— Jack Gantos

“Even if you aren’t writing books, you are the author of your own life. Your life is filled with these small and big decisions…

— Rebecca K. Sampson

“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to…

— Lee Siegel

“as a child there was either books or pain. i chose books. -how i became a writer”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“When I got older, I still thought I could write life. I didn't understand, as my mother had just realized that evening, that it…

— Shawna Yang Ryan

“When did you know you were going to be a writer? I knew it when I was young, I forgot it in my 30ties,…

— Bernhard Schlink

“I wanted to be a writer, so I became one. How? I wrote things down.”

— Ariel Gore

“But I've discovered being a writer is an ongoing apprenticeship, just like everything else in life that matters to me-being a mother, a wife,…

— Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor

“Through the years the swirl of a pen, click of a key, and the idea of a story have been my deepest passion. I…

— Sai Marie Johnson

“I have had so many spectacular failures, but looking back, I can see how each of them led me a little closer to doing…

— Timothy Ferriss