Fiction Quote by Mick Garris

I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King.

— Paul G. Tremblay

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

— A. B. Yehoshua

When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

— John Boyne

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

— Cary Fukunaga

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

— Christopher McQuarrie

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 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

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept…

— Jennine Capó Crucet

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.

— Sean Durkin