Billions Quote by Ben Bova

I have a lot of stuff that I never published because I always had a sense that novels were not finally going to be…

— William Monahan

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

— Wilbur Smith

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

I was writing my first book when I was in college. I was a teenager.

— Jenny Han

I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a…

— Daniel Handler

I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.

— Rainbow Rowell

I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got away from…

— William Gibson

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed…

— Jonathan Meades

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash