Accepting Quote by John Amos

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

— Christine Elise

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish…

— Chang-Rae Lee

What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the…

— Paul Di Filippo

It took me a long time to accept that I was a writer.

— Katie Kitamura

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

— Robert Gottlieb

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

— Kate DiCamillo

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

— Tess Gerritsen

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 always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

— Zoe Kazan

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

— Sefi Atta

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon