Able Quote by Israel Zangwill

There never was such an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

— Israel Zangwill

I remember from my academic days, there were people who could never begin writing because they hadn't read every single thing on their subject,…

— Thomas Mallon

I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

— Zadie Smith

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

Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— James A. Michener

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

— Penelope Lively

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you…

— Patrick Modiano

I didn't start really focusing on writing until I was 24.

— Jesmyn Ward

I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

— Cynthia Weil

I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my age, to…

— Richard Flanagan