Book Quote by Jerry Stahl

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Kent Haruf

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

— Michael Korda

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

— Claire Tomalin

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

— Mary Karr

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel

— Sara Paretsky

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be…

— Rainbow Rowell

My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough…

— Ian Rankin

I had the offer to write books plenty of times during the early stage of my career, and I always kind of just pushed…

— Tim Howard