Age Quote by Christopher Koch

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

— John Darnielle

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I was nine when I first knew I wanted to be a writer, in particular, a poet.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

— Elizabeth Edwards

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

— Kevin Powers

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I always wanted to be a writer. I was writing poetry when I was 6.

— Peter Heller

I started writing poetry when I was six. I had this teacher who didn't believe the poems I'd bring in were mine because they…

— Mariah Carey

Probably when I was about 16 or 17 I started writing. I wouldn't call it poetry, even though I've referred to it as poetry…

— Aldous Harding

I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be…

— Alice Walker