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Writing can be a very solitary profession, and when deadlines are looming, it's tempting to glue myself to my desk, but I try to make sure I get out a few times a month with friends just so I don't forget what it means to be social.

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.

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

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did.

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.

I always wanted to be a writer.