Tracy Chevalier Quotes

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long time to commit to being a writer. Up until then, I had worked one dead-end job after another while writing on the side.

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

Basically, I always wanted to be an author but went through all these other jobs while getting up the nerve to finally go for it with my writing! Thank goodness it worked; who knows what I might have done next?

If I did anything 'next', I would do writing.

I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an actor. Nobody heard me, but I did declare it.

This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.

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

I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.

I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do was finish my education and have my nights free for writing.

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

When I came to Mumbai in 2005 for a holiday, I received work offers. So I decided to stay back and pursue a modelling and acting career.

The conscious decision, early on, was that I was going to live in New York. That was it.

At 17, I realized that it's going to be a tough decision to make, but I had the clarity of thought to walk out of cricket and try my luck in acting.

Winning or losing elections is not important. What is important is that I have taken the plunge.

I always knew I wanted to act, but I never knew when and what would be the right time.

When I stopped playing hockey and started acting, the last person I was going to ask for help was my dad. He's the king of being like, 'I don't know. It's good work if you can get it. Good luck.'

If it's truly a passion, and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.

I always, always wanted to be a writer.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was, like, 10.