Grades Quote by Mary Chapin Carpenter

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and…

— Tom Petty

When I was very little, four or five, I did comic strip drawings, so my first novel had no words. I couldn't write and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.

— Cynthia Voigt

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

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I didnt write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.

— Cynthia Voigt

I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started…

— Kimbra

I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old.…

— Lucinda Williams

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

— Merritt Wever

I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at…

— Russell Crowe

When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing.

— Gabby Barrett

I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I don't remember…

— Ian Axel

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

— Harrison Birtwistle