Know Quote by Jennifer Westfeldt

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

— William Gibson

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

— Dustin Lance Black

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

— Sefi Atta

No wonder you want to be a writer. How can you not, with all that behind you? You practically are a novel already.

— Sylvia Brownrigg

If you don't want to be in a story, don't know a writer.

— Ethan Mordden

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

— Michael Morpurgo

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener

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

— Jacqueline Woodson

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

— Thomas Keneally

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

— William Landay