Better Quote by Jim McKelvey

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

— Jenny Han

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Naomi Alderman

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

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

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

— Claire Tomalin

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

— David Sedaris

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

I wrote my first book when I was 22 years old. I have a way with words and I love to write. I can…

— Tony Gaskins

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 wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne