Accepted Quote by Paul Auster

After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I…

— Vikram Seth

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But…

— Garrison Keillor

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at…

— Aya Cash

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that…

— Naguib Mahfouz

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

— Jimmy Breslin

I've always wanted to be a writer. Always been very creative. I always laughed at things that the rest of my family would sort…

— Bonnie McFarlane

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…

— Jami Attenberg

I've wanted to be a writer since I was, like, 10.

— Andrew Sean Greer

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

— Lady Colin Campbell

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

— Juliana Hatfield