Commentary Quote by Carlos Fuentes

I started in journalism: my first magazine, I developed when I was 10. I sent it round to the neighbors. I also sent it…

— Joanna Coles

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

— Dave Eggers

I decided to make my living as a magazine writer. And I found that it was really easy and fun.

— Ann Patchett

I produced some very good work at 'New York' magazine.

— Michael Wolf

I started in 1957 when I sold my first story to a magazine.

— Jean Giraud

For most of my career I illustrated books for other people.

— Brian Selznick

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines.

— Margaret Atwood

Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to…

— Marc Newson

I had almost nothing published until I had something published in 'Sports Illustrated.' I started there as a fact-checker two weeks after I got…

— Steve Rushin

I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little…

— Ben Fountain

I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting…

— Viggo Mortensen

My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the [Vietnam] War. And so I wanted to be an…

— Richard Branson