Early Quote by Sue Townsend

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

— Fred Saberhagen

I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do with my…

— Angela Yee

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

— Chuck Palahniuk

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

— Michael Easton

I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.

— Jane Goldman

Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by…

— Paul Theroux

I longed to be a writer, always wanted to be a writer.

— Fannie Flagg

It was always my dream to write for a living.

— Karin Slaughter

I could never really decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, and for a while, I thought that maybe I wanted…

— Christina Tosi

I always wanted to be a writer.

— Jung Chang

I've been writing all my life. Even though I didn't have sort of careerist aspirations as a writer, it was very much my identity.

— Ayana Mathis