Fit Quote by Russell Baker

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

— Jose Antonio Vargas

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

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

— Thomas Keneally

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 always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of classes that…

— Anne Fadiman

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

— Lady Colin Campbell

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

— Haruki Murakami

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no…

— Haruki Murakami

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far…

— Alex Flinn