Class Quote by John Brandon

Young writers take themselves very seriously in college.

— Kyle Kinane

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think…

— Jess Walter

I started to write when I was eighteen or nineteen. However, until I was about twenty-three, I didn't take it that seriously.

— Joseph Brodsky

I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in…

— Janet Fitch

I started reading fantasy and science fiction and writing fantasy and science fiction when I was - when I started junior high school.

— Leigh Bardugo

I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying…

— John Dalton

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.

— Thomas Perry

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

— Cary Fukunaga

I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that…

— Marcia Clark

I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.

— Marie Lu

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly…

— Rachel Kushner

I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it.…

— Daniel Kaluuya