Ages Quote by Marie Lu

I started writing when I was 11. In my late teens, I was writing short stories of every conceivable type and sent them to…

— Donald E. Westlake

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got away from…

— William Gibson

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.

— Cary Fukunaga

It's interesting how many science fiction writers get going when they are very young. I was on a program with Greg Bear and he…

— Octavia Butler

I starting writing when I was about 13 or 14 years old.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

— Catherine Jinks

I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.

— Taiye Selasi

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that…

— Carol Windley

I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.

— Octavia Butler