Peter Bichsel Quotes

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

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.

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.

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 don't think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write.

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being 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.

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

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

I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did.

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 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.

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

I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.

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

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.

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.

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 always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do was finish my education and have my nights free for writing.

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

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.

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

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

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.