Audience Quote by Michael Parenti

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the…

— Orson Scott Card

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far…

— Alex Flinn

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

— Haruki Murakami

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

— Jonathan Evison

After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled…

— Joan Larkin

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my…

— Diane Setterfield

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

When I finally accepted a full time job, I saw that as giving up on my artistic dreams. But three years later, I wrote…

— Sarah Cooper

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

— Tim Gunn