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

— John Boyne

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 had a 20-year career. I have two children. The advantage of writing later in my life is that I already had a whole…

— Amor Towles

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had…

— James Rollins

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Lana Del Rey

In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd…

— Cynthia Kadohata

After starting as a journalist for newspapers and magazines, I began to write books and had success with a novel and four nonfiction books…

— Jane Goldman

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

— Kent Haruf

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

— Frank Darabont