Enough Quote by Jay McInerney

I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

— Ruskin Bond

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and…

— Alex Garland

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

— Jamaica Kincaid

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

— William Landay

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

The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I had a crazy amount of success as a writer, which isn't normal by any means.

— Stephanie Land

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

— E. L. Doctorow