Thomas Keneally Quotes

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.

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

Honestly, I never dreamed of being a writer; it felt too unrealistic to even dream about.

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

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

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.

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything else was always a displacement activity.

From age 7 on, I wanted to be a writer.

I never intended to become a writer.

I was one of those kids who never wanted to be anything but a novelist. And I don't know a lot of people who truly live the life that they dreamed of.

I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.

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.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; 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.

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.

It was always my dream to write for a living.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was, like, 10.

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

What's important with writing is that it comes from a place you absolutely love. I'm writing for film and TV. In America, they call people like me 'multi-hyphenators.'

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.

I was always obsessed with being a writer of some sort.

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.

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.