Book Quote by David Sedaris

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

— David Sedaris

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Kent Haruf

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 started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.

— Sue Grafton

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then,…

— Jane Gardam

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 didn't start really focusing on writing until I was 24.

— Jesmyn Ward

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

— Claire Tomalin

For twenty years I read a book a day, from the time I was seven until I was twenty-seven.

— Robert Motherwell