Ability Quote by Leigh Bardugo

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 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

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally…

— Janet Evanovich

It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be…

— Rainbow Rowell

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

— Cassandra Clare

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at…

— Aya Cash

I was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe I could…

— George Pelecanos

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith

Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published…

— Kent Haruf