Geraint Thomas Quotes

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

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

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.

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?

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 a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other lands where people were doing fascinating things. By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it took several more decades to really find my way as an author.

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've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

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've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.

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 didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.

When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children because that's what I cared about and read about. But I never did.

My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.

I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.

You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!

If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it.

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

Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to write what people want to read, not push any message.