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I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

— Mary Gaitskill

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Amish Tripathi

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.

— Tove Lo

I was a little too young to be a hippie.

— Gale Norton

Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

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.

— Philip Schultz

I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.

— K. A. Applegate

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

✗Opposing Perspectives

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

— Johanna Lindsey

I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.

— Siri Hustvedt

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.

— Tobias Wolff