I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.
I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.
I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love.
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.
When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.
I really wanted to be a writer.
I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.