John Searles Quotes

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

It was always my dream to write for a living.

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

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

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

Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.

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.

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

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

I love being a writer. I don't really want to do anything else!

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

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

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 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.

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

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

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody.

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.

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.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

I never intended to become a writer.

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.