Battle Quote by Rene Char

How did writing come to me? Like bird’s down on my windowpane, in winter. Just then there rose in the heart a struggle of…

— Rene Char

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found…

— Karin Slaughter

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

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

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

What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said,…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

— Brian Aldiss

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 think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of…

— M.C. Beaton

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

— Dustin Lance Black