19th century Quote by Robert Stone

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

— Adriana Trigiani

I never had a moment of wanting to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress, but writing was just a thing I…

— Sarah Pinborough

I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do.

— David Thewlis

I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would become yet…

— Margaret Cho

I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was…

— Elaine Equi

I always liked to write and had fun writing, but I didn't have any pretensions about being a writer. I liked to read and…

— John Edgar Wideman

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

— Dustin Lance Black

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on…

— William Finnegan

Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

— Jill Lepore

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

— Fannie Flagg