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title: "4 Didn Publish Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-haruf/i-began-writing-seriously-in-my-mid-20s-and-didn-t-publish-my-first/)

[Kent Haruf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-haruf/)

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> [As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1979-to-1996-i-didn-t-publish/)

[Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/)

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> [It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/it-never-occurred-to-me-when-i-was-young-that-i-could-be-an-author/)

[Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/rainbow-rowell-135_book_it-never-occurred-to-me-when-i-was-young_2087124.jpg)

> [“She could get published in a sound journal that meant business and didn’t publish fly-by-nights. She was twenty-eight. It was time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-babitz/she-could-get-published-in-a-sound-journal-that-meant-business-and/)

[Eve Babitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-babitz/)

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