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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
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I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just kn...
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DAN HAWKINS I really wanted to be a writer.
NANCY MEYERS

From the time I was 6 years old I longed to be a writer, always wanted to be a writer.
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TOMMY HILFIGER

Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've ...
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I knew exactly what I wanted to do: I wanted to build a brand of clothing around my own attitude and...
TOMMY HILFIGER I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I d...
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As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away fr...
JULIE BURCHILL I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry desig...
ELSA PERETTI

I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I kne...
PAUL THEROUX

By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith Colle...
CYNTHIA VOIGT

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG The tempo was exactly where we wanted it. I think a few people were getting nervous, but we were doi...
BRIAN ADKINS I definitely knew what I wanted to do since ninth grade, ... I knew I wanted to be in sports and bro...
BRIAN COREY A lot of people made fun of me. They said, 'Nice bike lift.' I knew exactly what this bike would loo...
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ERNEST GAINES I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.
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BARBARA EDEN I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.
MA JIAN

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.
GIANCARLO STANTON

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
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if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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KAT EDMONSON When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the s...
KAREN BENDER

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school a...
NATALIE BABBITT

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer al...
CARLOS FUENTES

A lot of my branding has come from stubbornness - I knew what I liked. I knew what I wanted to do.
LAUREN CONRAD That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.
HANNAH BRENCHER I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.
GOH CHOK TONG He put down virtually a perfect jump. I was at the top. Over the loudspeakers I knew exactly what he...
JEFF BEAN

Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introv...
PAULA COLE

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.
RAY BRADBURY I always knew I wanted to be a chef.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the write...
CARLOS FUENTES I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found st...
B. J. NOVAK I wanted to leave home, and I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to do or what wo...
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my b...
GAIL CARSON LEVINE I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and ho...
MICHAEL SCHENKER

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how t...
ALEKSANDAR HEMON

I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
CARA DELEVINGNE

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
J. K. ROWLING

I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion...
TIM CAHILL It was one of those early mid-life crises, really. I started asking myself, 'What is it that I w...
PETINA GAPPAH

And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imag...
ADRIANA TRIGIANI

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
MUHAMMAD ALI

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.
ELLEN BASS

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone sa...
TANITH LEE

The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.
ALBERT CAMUS

I knew I loved football before I even played it. Uh, but the first time I stepped out on the field p...
TIM TEBOW I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, be...
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(My inspiration) was so strong with 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, ...
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ELLEN POTTER

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting f...
GAIL CARSON LEVINE

It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular ex...
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JUSTIN SANE I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.
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GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ I swear I was in high school before I even knew he was a judge.
JASON SIMMONS

I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me...
ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleep...
VICTORIA HANLEY

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS

He seemed like a normal guy to me, and a little bit probably even above average when you consider th...
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SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'...
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I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ...
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ANTHONY MARRA

I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book...
JAMES PATTERSON

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JENNIFER STARZEC My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.
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A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a b...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
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AMANDA SIMMONS When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you we...
LAURIE SIMMONS The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That&#...
GENE SIMMONS I'm the best PlayStation player you'll ever see. I'll play anything. 'Call of Duty,&...
BEN SIMMONS Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorder...
RICHARD SIMMONS If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody...
GENE SIMMONS Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well ...
GENE SIMMONS I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's reci...
GAIL SIMMONS Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
RICHARD SIMMONS Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
CHARLES SIMMONS Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
RUSSELL SIMMONS There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
GAIL SIMMONS I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always st...
BEN SIMMONS The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them hap...
GENE SIMMONS My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend eve...
RUSSELL SIMMONS Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once y...
JEAN SIMMONS Why should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two...
BILL SIMMONS I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30' had a big impa...
BILL SIMMONS Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
CHARLES SIMMONS When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me...
RICHARD SIMMONS In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and beli...
BILL SIMMONS Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.
BRIAN SIMMONS Not having a winning season, not going to the playoffs -- we've erased that history. Now at this poi...
BRIAN SIMMONS For us this year, it seems they've been coming in bunches. Once one happens, two or three more are s...
BRIAN SIMMONS We didn't make up any special recipes or do any witchcraft before the game. Guys just went out there...
BRIAN SIMMONS It was nothing but fun, having fun out there. You really like to enjoy yourself while you're playing...
BRIAN SIMMONS They were in a hurry-up, and that did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of ca...
BRIAN SIMMONS Interceptions don't come without pressure.
BRIAN SIMMONS We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too we...
BRIAN SIMMONS In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the w...
BRIAN SIMMONS It's big. You get off and you're not behind the eight-ball. The last two years, we've been putting o...
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