Barriers Quote by Sandra Cisneros

I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write much at…

— Marge Piercy

At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly - a room,…

— Patrick deWitt

For a writer, for the solitude to write, you don't need a room of your own, you need a house.

— Sandra Cisneros

I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books…

— Per Petterson

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I…

— Julianna Baggott

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

— Ernest Gaines

“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to…

— Lee Siegel

Writing was the soul of everything else ... Wanting to be a writer was wanting to be a person.

— Patricia Hampl

I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my…

— Robert Crais

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I…

— Ernest Gaines

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

— Ruskin Bond