Because Quote by Paulo Coelho

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

— Cassandra Clare

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

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

By college, I had a really grand, preposterous vision of myself as becoming a writer, but I don't think I had the discipline or…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

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

— John Boyne

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 have known I wanted to be a writer since I was seven-years-old. Seriously. In the second grade I wrote a 21-page story and…

— Renee Watson

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they urged me…

— Tess Gerritsen

I had it in my head when I was in college that I wanted to be a writer, but it took me a long…

— Kate DiCamillo

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