Giving Quote by Mary Oliver

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Frank Darabont

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

— Kent Haruf

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up.…

— Marilyn Hacker

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole…

— Cheryl Mendelson

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

— Laura Moser

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

— Marguerite Young

I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little…

— Ben Fountain