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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

I always encourage people in the early parts of their career to focus on writing. If you can communicate clearly, if you can articulate a thought, if you can write a great story, then you're going to be successful.

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.

Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work hard, but I earn more than the national average wage while I play with my imagination, and for me, that's a dream.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.

I've never thought of myself as a writer. I still don't, despite all the writing I've done.

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.