Could Quote by Neil Gaiman

Returning to writing fiction after 13 years away from it. Returning to the rootstock of my whole life as a writer. It's what I…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

— Mike White

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my…

— Diane Setterfield

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that…

— Ronald Frame

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write my magnum opus.

— Stewart O'Nan

I didn't publish my book until I was 37. So the ability to pay my bills, pay my rent, make a life for myself,…

— Leigh Bardugo

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

Once I got started, I wanted the life of a writer so fiercely that nothing could stop me. I wanted the intensity, the sense…

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz