Becoming Quote by Mark Haddon

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read…

— John Pople

From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that…

— David Gross

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

— Jerry Buss

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens…

— Russell Banks

I do not remember having felt, as a boy, any passion for mathematics, and such notions as I may have had of the career…

— G. H. Hardy

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

I knew I wanted to be a writer from as far back as I can remember. That was my talent. Lord knows it wasn't…

— Kevin Maney

I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out of all…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Christopher McQuarrie

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that…

— Carol Windley

I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect,…

— Erez Lieberman Aiden

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could…

— Maryam Mirzakhani