Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

I didn't do any writing seriously until I was in my mid-twenties. But I've never really thought of myself as doing anything else. I've always wanted to write.

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as an ideal when I was in my twenties.

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

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb.' I started later, in my early twenties.

I always, always wanted to be a writer.

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody.

I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions.

Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book, I suppose it was only a matter of time before non-fiction turned into fiction again. But I never consciously set out to become a writer and I never thought I'd be doing the things I'm doing today.

I wasn't sitting around years ago thinking, 'I really want to write a novel.'

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.

Suddenly, the idea of writing a book was like coming home. I didn't tell anyone except my wife, Clare. I just began.

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found my way and realized that wasn't me.

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't know how to be one - other than just do it. I didn't know what form it would take.

I had always secretly wanted to write a novel.

I didn't know I was gonna be a writer when I started out.

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

When I was young, I wrote everything, and I thought I would be an all around writer, that I would write everything.

I never intended to become a writer.