What's important about me is that I really have, in ways I never could have foreseen when I was young, a writing career that's reached a lot of different places.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions.
I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.
Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.
When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I didn't have one creative bone in my body.
What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.
To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.
I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.
Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career.