About Quote by Natsuo Kirino

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a…

— Rachel Kushner

I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing. I was…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me…

— Julie Klassen

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

— Lana Del Rey

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 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

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I…

— Amish Tripathi

People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit.…

— Wilbur Smith

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 always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare

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

— Jesmyn Ward