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I was as eager a writer as I was a reader.

I cannot recall any moment of clarity about becoming a writer. I always liked to read. That's what did it.

I was a precocious reader.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

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

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.