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I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

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

Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.

It took me a long time to even dare to envision myself as a writer. I was very uncertain and hesitant and afraid to pursue a creative life.

I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.