Books Quote by Sara Paretsky

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

— Kent Haruf

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't 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 completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

— Danielle Steel

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

— Markus Zusak

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

— A. B. Yehoshua

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

— Richard North Patterson

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

— Cassandra Clare

It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be…

— Rainbow Rowell

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

— Kevin J. Anderson

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

— David Sedaris