Back Quote by Sarah MacLean

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

— Paulo Coelho

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

I kind of romanticized what it was like to be a writer and director when I was in my early twenties. Working as a…

— Bill Hader

I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought…

— Harlan Coben

I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept…

— Jennine Capó Crucet

I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that, and I decided to write them down, but by…

— Mildred D. Taylor

My education was seeing and touching the world. I would read about the history of a castle with my mother - who was a…

— Alex Sharp

When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross…

— Linwood Barclay

I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.

— David Duchovny

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

— Peter Straub

I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. It was my only creative outlet in those days.

— Soupy Sales

I remember travelling up and down the road, and I kept journals during my whole career, and I was always making notes about things…

— The Ultimate Warrior