Being Quote by Jami Attenberg

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've been a writer my whole life.

— Scheana Shay

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without…

— Jennifer Egan

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

— Ruskin Bond

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

— Tori Amos

I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college.

— Scheana Shay

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in…

— Stephen King

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz