Ability Quote by Sherwood Smith

I can always track my career by the children - I started writing right after the 14-year-old was born, and sold my first book…

— Heather Graham Pozzessere

My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered…

— John Paul DeJoria

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines.

— Margaret Atwood

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

— Al Purdy

By the time I was 12, I was starting my high school stuff in home schooling.

— Hilary Hahn

Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

— R. L. Stine

I starting writing when I was about 13 or 14 years old.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I established my first writing routine when I was 13. The school year had just ended, and I'd won a stack of books for…

— Ayobami Adebayo

I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you…

— Howard Schultz

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York!…

— Ernest Gaines

I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.

— Damon Wayans

I definitely thought I was going to write books. I wrote a couple of children's books when I was like 11 when I was…

— Chrissy Costanza