Birthday Quote by Diana Gabaldon

I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I…

— Pat Barker

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

“As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps, trinkets, and…

— Sara Sheridan

I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or pop music,…

— Irvine Welsh

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

— Grace Paley

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 often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from…

— Thomas Mallon

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what…

— Nina Bawden

“Books are the best type of influence of the past...Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

At 45, I am too young to write my memoirs.

— Pooja Bhatt

I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put…

— Fred Kaplan

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

— Claire Tomalin