Faith Quote by Michael Easton

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

— Mick Foley

Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when…

— Benjamin Carson

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 don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of…

— Carol Shields

My mother raised me to be a writer.

— Pat Conroy

My mother convinced me that I could do whatever I wanted to do in life. She gave me the courage, and in fact, the…

— Nick Searcy

If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself.

— John Updike

My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try…

— Rosemary Mahoney

I'd wanted to be a writer my whole life. But when I finally made it, I felt like a greyhound catching the mechanical rabbit…

— Anne Lamott

I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my…

— Robert Crais

All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.

— Jenna Blum

My mother got the courage to speak to hundreds of people about her story. I knew if she could do it I could do…

— DeAndre Hopkins