Closets Quote by Padgett Powell

I knew that I had to write my memoirs.

— Jane Fonda

I realized that my identity as a novelist was private. Only I knew how much of a novelist I was!

— Alexander Chee

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed

— Dan Simmons

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

— Thomas Keneally

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

— Augusten Burroughs

My essential identity is that of a writer.

— Athol Fugard

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

— William Landay

Writing was the soul of everything else ... Wanting to be a writer was wanting to be a person.

— Patricia Hampl

I put my soul into every book I write.

— Wilbur Smith

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

— Karen Kingsbury