Cassandra Clare Quotes

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be a movie star" or "I want to be a wizard." I didn't have any concept of what that path would look like. Maybe that's why I didn't publish my first book until I was 38.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

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

I always, always wanted to be a writer.

But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell!

I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short.

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a chance of being salable in my early 20s, then didn't write much fiction at all because I was in grad school.

I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and had a voice. I really leaned in to that.

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired to be a writer. It's something that never occurred to me - a bit like it never occurred to me to play guitar when I was young. I just thought it was out of my league.

I've been writing since I was maybe seven.

I'm so busy writing and editing two books a year that I don't have time for painting anymore.

To write a book is for all the world like humming a song—be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.

In our age, if a boy or girl is untalented, the odds are in favor of their thinking they want to write.

I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a novel.

For a person whose sole burning ambition is to write - like myself - college is useless beyond the Sophomore year.

O God, let me write books! Please, God, let me write books!

Returning to writing fiction after 13 years away from it. Returning to the rootstock of my whole life as a writer. It's what I had wanted to be for my entire life, since I can remember, since my particular time immemorial. It's how I got my start as a writer.

I was first published in the newspaper put out by School of The Art Institute of Chicago, where I was a student. I wince to read that story nowadays, but I published it with an odd photo I'd found in a junk shop, and at least I still like the picture. I had a few things in the school paper, and then I got published in a small literary magazine. I hoped I would one day get published in The New Yorker, but I never allowed myself to actually believe it. Getting published is one of those things that feels just as good as you'd hoped it would.

I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft.