About Quote by Justine Larbalestier

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

— Dustin Lance Black

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.

— Manju Kapur

When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed…

— Jonathan Meades

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

— Christopher McQuarrie

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

“It should surprise no one that the life of the writer--such as it is--is colorless to the point of sensory deprivation. Many writers do…

— Annie Dillard

I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than a few…

— Kurt Busiek

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

— Svetlana Alexievich