Books Quote by Jon Krakauer

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

— Dustin Lance Black

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

— Steve Toltz

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

— Nora Roberts

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I've always been a writer and have always loved writing.

— Shaun King

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

— E. L. Doctorow

I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but it was…

— Roxane Gay

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

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

— Michael Morpurgo

When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

— Sefi Atta