When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did.
I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
In my next incarnation, I want to be a writer.
As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.
I always wanted to be a writer.
I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.
I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.
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.
You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.