Amused Quote by Victoria Hanley

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

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.

— Patricia Cornwell

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

— Cary Fukunaga

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

— Eoin Macken

When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.

— Amanda Hocking

I wrote stories as a kid just for myself. One day, some of the kids in my class found some of my stories in…

— Morris Gleitzman

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of…

— Henning Mankell

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and…

— Sarah Waters

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

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

— Goh Chok Tong

As a child I had a wild imagination; from the age of seven I'd sit and write epic stories.

— Arlo Parks