Jane Gardam Quotes

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

I became a children's author by accident. As far as I'm concerned, I write for everybody.

It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.

I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I always knew I was going to grow up to be a storyteller; that's one of the earliest things I remember about myself. There was never a question of me not writing.

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

I became a writer out of the desire to express myself.

I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

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.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

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 love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

I'm a compulsive storyteller, an avid reader, and have always nurtured the secret goal of spending my life as a writer.

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

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