Career Quote by Haruki Murakami

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those…

— Anonymous

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

I'm always fascinated by why a person becomes a writer.

— Adriana Trigiani

...One reason I became a writer was that I figured out that if you call yourself a writer, you can read all you want…

— Katherine Paterson

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

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

I was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe I could…

— George Pelecanos

I always wanted to be a writer.

— Jung Chang

In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I…

— Meg Cabot

When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always WAS a writer.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I…

— Peter Gzowski