Leadership Quote by Max Lucado

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

— Christine Elise

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

— Zoe Kazan

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

— Chad Harbach

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

— Lloyd Alexander

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

— Max Lucado

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?

— Alexander Pope

I don't think anybody in my family meant there to be any pressure for me to write. But our parents were incredibly verbal and…

— Hallie Ephron

I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and…

— Tim Cahill

I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things…

— John Steinbeck

Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.

— Robert Morgan

I told my parents when I was 12 I'd be a writer.

— bell hooks

I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to college. I…

— Michelle Zauner