Ability Quote by Nguyen Viet Thang

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a 'good writer.' Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted,…

— Jonathan Franzen

When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals - a practice…

— Dani Shapiro

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and…

— Alex Garland

I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, but I had no talent for finishing books. I would start them,…

— Leigh Bardugo

I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a…

— Rachel Kushner

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious…

— Joyce Carol Oates

When I was growing up, my parents thought there could be nothing better than being a writer. And at that time, society afforded that…

— Alissa Quart

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

— Ruskin Bond

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

— Lana Del Rey