Age Quote by Andrew Davies

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

— Lauren DeStefano

My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and essay writing.…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

“The genesis of my interest in being a writer can be traced to fourth grade when we listened to a radio production of Shakespeare's…

— Laura Abbot

My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both…

— Derek Walcott

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

— Elizabeth George

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…

— Jami Attenberg

When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a 'good writer.' Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted,…

— Jonathan Franzen

I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in…

— Janet Fitch

I think when I was 7, at school they got us all to write the story of Joseph and his brothers. I got a…

— Naomi Alderman

I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.

— Jay IDK

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of…

— Henning Mankell