Always Quote by Lisa Unger

As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my mother, interrupted…

— Susan Shreve

Being a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in.

— Lauren Conrad

I became a writer because I am the youngest of six children. I listen; I observe. I'm camouflaged as a moth. Mothers are unseen.…

— Samantha Hunt

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

— Tess Gerritsen

I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look…

— Jonathan Winters

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as…

— Monica Ali

I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing the way…

— William Saroyan

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

— Zoe Kazan

I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.

— Gloria Steinem

The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and…

— Dorianne Laux

Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a listener, just…

— Will Hobbs