Am I A Writer?

I don't think I would really call myself a writer. Mainly because when I think of the term writer I think of people who have had their writing published. I sometime have thoght about trying to get some of the stories that I have writen published but thats as far as I ever get. I had a friend who got a story published and I almost baught the book but then someone else told me it wasn't that good so I didn't get it. I think that one of the resons I never even try to publish any storys is because I saw how people whould say one thing to my friend and say something different to anyone else who talked about the book. Another reason is that I haven't accually finnished any of the storries that I've started.