Books Quote by Elizabeth Berg

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…

— Jami Attenberg

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

— A. B. Yehoshua

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

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

— Kent Haruf

I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to write scripts…

— Steve Martin

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

— Kent Haruf

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

From about ninth grade on, I knew I was a writer at heart. I had fantasies of being a great novelist, but I thought…

— Kevin Maney

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

I've always been a writer. I started getting paid for writing in college. Where it transitioned from commentary to journalism was in that shift…

— Melissa Gira Grant

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

— William Gibson

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

— Jess Walter