About Quote by Chris Van Allsburg

The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

— J. K. Rowling

I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

— Kate DiCamillo

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Writing my own stories had always been one of my dreams, but I didn't start until I was 29. I was working in a…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

— Kent Haruf

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

— Danielle Steel

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel

— Sara Paretsky

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

— Tom Robbins

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand…

— Harlan Coben

The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.

— Ray Bradbury