Book Quote by Bettany Hughes

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book…

— Joan Collins

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

— Jenny Han

I started writing when I was 4.

— Jenna Blum

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

— Claire Tomalin

I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I…

— Pat Barker

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

— Kent Haruf

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

— Caroline B. Cooney

You can write your own history.

— Eric McCormack

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.

— Jonathan Franzen