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I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they urged me to go into a profession that would be far more secure, so I went to medical school.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

I started attending community college when I was 14 or 15, just doing general education stuff like history and mathematics. Then I went on to California State University Long Beach to pursue a degree in journalism. And then I ended up dropping out to found Oculus.

From age 7 on, I wanted to be a writer.

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.