Facts Quote by L. Ron Hubbard

Just about everything significant in my life happened after I passed forty. I was a housewife and mother, but yearned to be a writer.…

— Pearl S. Buck

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

— Kent Haruf

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

— Fred Saberhagen

An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends…

— Charles Stross

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 when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

— Rita Mae Brown

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

— Pat Mora

I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

— Diana Gabaldon

I had a 20-year career. I have two children. The advantage of writing later in my life is that I already had a whole…

— Amor Towles

One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I…

— Justin Cronin