Finished Quote by J. K. Rowling

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

— Danielle Steel

I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth.

— Brian Hodge

I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

— Kate DiCamillo

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

— Tom Robbins

I started writing stories as a child.

— Danielle Steel

I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old.

— Steven Cojocaru

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.

— Cary Fukunaga

I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.

— George R. R. Martin

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

— Cary Fukunaga

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

I've been writing since I was 7, but before that, I was orally making stories.

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Writing my own stories had always been one of my dreams, but I didn't start until I was 29. I was working in a…

— Kate DiCamillo