John Boyne Quotes

From age 7 on, I wanted to be 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.

It was always my dream to write for a living.

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

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

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

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

I don't reckon there are many writers who start out really expecting writing to be an attainable occupation. Well, I didn't. It was a pipe dream.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write a novel. To be clear: I did not decide to become a novelist. Honestly, it never crossed my mind that I could actually earn a living as a professional novelist.

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

You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.

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.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

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

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

Hopefully, if I get enough of a fan army together, people will let me write fiction.

When I settled to writing seriously, which would be in my 30s, I did expect to be published eventually, but my aspirations weren't very high. A published book and a few appreciative readers was my idea of heaven.

I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music.

I always knew I wanted 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.