Animals Quote by Sigrid Nunez

When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started…

— Ann Hood

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…

— Jami Attenberg

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

— J. K. Rowling

I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. That was…

— Ellen Potter

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

— Tess Gerritsen

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before…

— Judy Blume

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

— Dustin Lance Black

When I was a kid, growing up, I used to write a lot of stories.

— Eoin Macken

I started writing stories as a child.

— Danielle Steel

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I…

— Amish Tripathi

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

— Goh Chok Tong