Books Quote by Per Petterson

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

When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe…

— Nicole Krauss

All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.

— Jenna Blum

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that…

— Ronald Frame

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it…

— Jon Spaihts

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 was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe I could…

— George Pelecanos

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

— Lady Colin Campbell

There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.

— James Salter

I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next.

— Harper Lee