Dentist Quote by Mark Haddon

Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen,…

— Paul Auster

You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I…

— Philipp Meyer

I feel as though I never had choice not to be a writer. I feel in my heart of hearts that writing chose me…

— Jerdine Nolen

When you decide 'to be a writer,' you don't have the faintest idea of what the work is like. When you begin, you write…

— Philip Roth

One doesn't choose to become a writer. One is just born that way.

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must…

— Stanley Ellin

I never had a moment of wanting to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress, but writing was just a thing I…

— Sarah Pinborough

If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have those dreams…

— Deb Caletti

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

— Avi

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But…

— Garrison Keillor

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore