Delayed Quote by Jane Gardam

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Jesmyn Ward

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.

— Sue Grafton

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen…

— David Sedaris

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

— Claire Tomalin

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Kate DiCamillo

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

— Richard North Patterson

I started writing when I was 4.

— Jenna Blum

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

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

— Penelope Lively

I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

— Diana Gabaldon