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I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started to write my own books. I never thought of myself as wanting to be a writer - I just was one.

I think I was 16 when I had the thought of maybe being a writer. And this is complicated, something I only now understand, because when I was young, having dyslexia and not knowing it made reading such an ordeal.

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

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.