Fiction Quote by Grace Paley

For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I just left…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— A. B. Yehoshua

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

— Rita Mae Brown

I didn't write anything until I was well over 30.

— Penelope Lively

I never wrote anything that was published until I was forty.

— James A. Michener

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Claire Tomalin

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

— Rita Mae Brown

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel

— Sara Paretsky

I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in…

— Janet Fitch