Books Quote by J. A. Jance

I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before…

— Samantha Shannon

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since…

— Anonymous

I was writing my first book when I was in college. I was a teenager.

— Jenny Han

I've been writing since I was really young.

— Uzodinma Iweala

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 finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out…

— Michael Koryta

Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel.

— Jo Nesbo

When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.

— William Nicholson

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

— David Sedaris

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Kent Haruf