Been Quote by John Updike

My mother raised me to be a writer.

— Pat Conroy

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

— Mick Foley

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

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of…

— Carol Shields

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

— E. L. Doctorow

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

— Francois Truffaut

My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both…

— Derek Walcott

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

— Thomas Keneally

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.

— Lisa Joy

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

— Tess Gerritsen

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

— Len Wein