Decided Quote by Donald Ray Pollock

I never got a degree; I just started writing.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

— Margaret Haddix

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

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've been writing full-time since I was 23,

— Emma Donoghue

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

— Anonymous

I used to write from the time I was in school, and during college days too.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

— Chuck Palahniuk

It took me at least all my 20s and some of my 30s to get the confidence to realise I could just write about…

— Matt Haig

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65. But by the time I was 33, to tell you the…

— Chuck Palahniuk