Accepted Quote by Gail Carson Levine

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

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single…

— Karrine Steffans

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

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

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally…

— Janet Evanovich