Books Quote by Danielle Steel

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Sara Paretsky

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

— Richard North Patterson

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

— David Sedaris

I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out…

— Michael Koryta

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

— J. K. Rowling

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

— Jenny Han

I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

— Diana Gabaldon

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

— A. B. Yehoshua

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

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

— Kent Haruf