Couple Quote by Jonathan Dee

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 wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old…

— Brian Jacques

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called.

— Neil Gaiman

I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a…

— Sarah Dessen

I can remember as a college student writing stories and novels, some of which ended up getting published and some that didn't. It was…

— Stephen King

I used to write my own versions of famous tales, such as William Tell or Robin Hood, and illustrate them myself, too. When I…

— Peter Robinson

I always wrote stories, but I do remember a particular moment in middle school where I became passionate about essay writing.

— Rupi Kaur

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me…

— Julie Klassen

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

— Tom Robbins

When I was a kid, growing up, I used to write a lot of stories.

— Eoin Macken

I was a schoolteacher; I taught seventh and eighth grade, and I tried to write fiction on the side.

— David Grann

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

— Naomi Alderman