From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.
– George Orwell, Why I Write
Today I found this copy of a collection of essays by Orwell. He’s one of my most favourite writers. I thoroughly enjoyed Nineteen Eighty-Four, and these essays, particularly the main one, Why I Write, is sure to give me further insight into this remarkable man’s motives for writing. Perhaps even some inspiration for my own writerly pursuits.
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I love the quote you share – partly because I’m 24 and I feel like I’m trying my hardest to stifle my own ambition in this because everyone wants to be a writer in todays world. Oh well, George Orwell did it.
Orwell was certainly one of a kind. But I think we shouldn’t stifle our ambitions, but rather pursue them. All the best with your writerly adventures!