Catherine Fisher Quotes

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

I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.

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.

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 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've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.

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.

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

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.

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

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

I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter.

I always had a passion to write as a young girl.

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person.

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

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.

Screenwriting and the movie stuff could all disappear tomorrow, but to sit down with my laptop and still tell stories is my day job. I didn't believe I'd actually get to do it for a living.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

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

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.

I started writing juvenile novels around 1985. I never really thought of it as a career, but more as a way to make a living.