Behind you Quote by Sylvia Brownrigg

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux

I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

— Karen Robards

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

— J. B. Priestley

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

— Albert Brooks

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.

— Alma Alexander

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting…

— Kate DiCamillo

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

— Paul Harding

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.

— William Faulkner

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

— Michael Morpurgo