Bravery Quote by Richard Rodriguez

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 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

My dad was very successful as a journalist, so I didn't want to be one. I wanted to be a novelist.

— Giles Coren

I became a writer because I got addicted to story. The first storyteller in my life was my father.

— Salman Rushdie

My father, God bless him, thought it was such an impossible desire to be able to make a living the way I do. I…

— Nick Tosches

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

— Mia Farrow

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

— Deb Caletti

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

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island, and everyone…

— Howard Gordon

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

— Crystal Hana Kim

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my…

— Shakira

I wasnt always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home…

— Janet Evanovich