But I don’t think that I really wanted to be an actor," Wilson toldNPRin 2013.

“I have to be perfect.

I have to get it right all the time.

Mara Wilson

And that’s not a healthy mindset for a child.”

True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame."

“That’s when I started focusing more on writing.

Mara Wilson is an adult

Writing I’d always loved.