Chance Quote by Sandra Brown

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'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

— Quentin Tarantino

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must…

— Stanley Ellin

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.

— Dorothy Day

Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers…

— A.L. Kennedy

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

— Jill Lepore

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay