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

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

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

I always knew I was going to grow up to be a storyteller; that's one of the earliest things I remember about myself. There was never a question of me not writing.

I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic.

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

I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the question, 'What if?'

I think if I hadn't become a writer I would just have suppressed that part of my personality. I think I would have put it in a box that I never opened.