Cards Quote by Gretl Braun

“He wrote because he liked to write; he did not abridge, because he cared not to abridge. He sat down, he took pen and…

— Charlotte Brontë

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

— Richard Ford

I always liked to write and had fun writing, but I didn't have any pretensions about being a writer. I liked to read and…

— John Edgar Wideman

I was my mom's oldest child, so she was like, watching closely and taking notes, like, 'Okay, this is what she gravitates towards,' and…

— Tierra Whack

When I got in trouble, my mom would make me read or write - I would have to write my name over and over…

— Ro James

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it. I went to business school because in…

— Dee Rees

Before I had published anything, I still hung out with people who liked to write. None of us had published, so there was no…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my…

— Maya Angelou

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

“The rest of the story, to Grand's thinking, was very simple. The common lot of married couples. You get married, you go on loving…

— Albert Camus

As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a…

— Karen Abbott

Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years…

— Gabrielle Zevin