If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.
I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.
I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of these feelings that I had, some of these discoveries or revelations.
I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.
I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.
Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.
I don't think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write.
I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.
I've never thought of myself as a writer. I still don't, despite all the writing I've done.
My mother had no idea that her daughter would turn out to be a writer, but she would not let me go through a day of my childhood without music.