I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
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I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'
I always wanted to be a writer.
I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.
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.
I attended Art & Design High School, and at one point, you had to write about what you wanted to be when you grew up. I wrote that I wanted to be a writer for 'Mad' magazine.
I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.
I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.
I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.
I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.
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