Kate Forsyth Quotes

I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

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

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

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

I have dreamt of being an author since the age of 14, and writing about my experiences has always been a part of digesting an experience and sharing it with others.

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

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

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

I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work.

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

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.

I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my work, because readers are the highest form of life on this planet.

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

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

I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.

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

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

Poetry was the first step, and from the age of 18, there was nothing else I wanted to do.

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

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

I always wanted to write as much as perform.

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

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.