Childhood Quote by John Grisham

I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in,…

— Anne Lamott

I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do…

— Roger Zelazny

I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself actually writing until I was in college. And I had gone to…

— Alice Walker

I started writing when I was in school. I wrote essays and in my teen years I used to write sorrowful sad stories and…

— Sudha Murty

I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing was an…

— Junot Diaz

I always had a passion to write as a young girl.

— Tyra Banks

I started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.

— Vera Nazarian

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most…

— Margaret Mahy

I was writing from a very, very early age. My father used to write. He died early, and my mother was a schoolteacher, so…

— Derek Walcott

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

— Ellen Bass

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare