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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.

I want to be a writer someday.

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

I want to be an author.

I have a lot of books I want to write.

I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.

If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.