Books 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

When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before and I…

— Leigh Bardugo

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

— Claire Tomalin

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Kent Haruf

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

— Grace Paley

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

— Richard North Patterson

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then,…

— Jane Gardam

I didn't start really focusing on writing until I was 24.

— Jesmyn Ward

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

— A. B. Yehoshua