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I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.

I always wanted to be a writer.

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

I wanted to be a writer, but at the time, I spent my days working a retail job, my nights sleeping in my childhood bedroom, and while I had written short stories here and there, I didn't know how to write good fiction anymore than I knew how to perform good brain surgery.

I don't think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write.