My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
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.'
My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.
I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.
To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.
When I ask my parents, it's incredibly obvious I was going to have a creative career at an early age. I've been forever telling stories since I was very young.
My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.
I think everyone assumes that I talk to my parents a lot about writing, but I didn't - they're my parents. We didn't have constant workshops running in my household.
I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.