Human race Quote by William Saroyan

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I think I became a writer because I used to write letters to my friends, and I used to love writing them. I loved…

— David Nicholls

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

The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz

When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always WAS a writer.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

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

— Tess Gerritsen

I always wanted to be a writer.

— Jung Chang

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

— Dustin Lance Black