Addicted Quote by Harry Mathews

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

— John Darnielle

Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…

— Christopher Koch

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do…

— Roger Zelazny

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my…

— Maya Angelou

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

— Kevin Powers

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I was always writing. When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. But as soon I…

— Amanda Hocking

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

— Al Purdy

When I was about twenty-one, I published a few poems. Maybe I wrote a couple of stories before, but I really began to write…

— Grace Paley