I'm a tattoo artist, and I went to school to paint, and I started writing and getting published.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.
Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.
When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.
I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fiction, it's work. I have contracts to fulfil, and I have deadlines to meet.
I'm a painter. I was a graffiti artist, and I painted all over the world.
When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.
I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.
I sometimes want to make a book of every tattoo I wanted to get before I actually got a tattoo, because there were so many awful ideas and concepts.
I always thought I was going to be an artist. All I ever did was draw. I only ever turned to writing because I couldn't find somebody to write the kind of stuff I wanted to do. That just spiraled out of control.