Career Quote by Nick Castle

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else.…

— Paul Auster

Becoming a writer, and then a director, was taking my creative life in my own hands, and wanting to have stories that I wanted…

— Marielle Heller

A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I…

— Ray Bradbury

I've been escaping my whole life. Since I was a little child, I escaped into the movies on the other side as an audience…

— Woody Allen

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

— Tori Amos

I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what's great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able…

— Howard Gordon

I've always had a flare for the dramatic. I thought about being an actor and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something…

— Marti Noxon

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

— Frankie Shaw

I made a conscious effort that I just wanted to work with people that were going to make me better and that was the…

— Josh Duhamel

I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to stay sane.

— Marti Noxon

I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really.

— Vera Nazarian

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay