H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

Every 'Observer' writer wants to be a novelist.

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see.

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.

From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.

I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.

I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter.

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

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

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.

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I would write historical fiction. I never thought I might write academic history because I simply wasn't good enough!

Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel.

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

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

Didn't you know I'm going to be the greatest, most entertaining author and artist in the world? Well, don't feel badly, I didn't either!

I don't think there was a time I ever thought of myself as anything but a writer. I thought I was going to be the next Toni Morrison.

I never set out to be a published writer.

I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do with my life.

I was always interested in writing from an early age, but it seemed so far away and inconceivable, like wanting to be an astronaut or a pop star.

Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.

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

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.