Despair Quote by Ray Bradbury

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

— Jose Antonio Vargas

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

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted to put…

— Chris Pavone

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 had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my…

— Robert Crais

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

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

— Lady Colin Campbell

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan

I longed to be a writer, always wanted to be a writer.

— Fannie Flagg

I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books…

— Per Petterson

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson