Ambition Quote by Taiye Selasi

I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.

— Caitlin Moran

I started writing when I was 4.

— Jenna Blum

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

— Tom Robbins

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've wanted to be a writer since I was, like, 10.

— Andrew Sean Greer

I started writing my own things when I was about 8.

— Charli XCX

I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.

— Francine Prose

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I've been writing since I was maybe seven.

— Megan Thee Stallion

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

— Tomi Adeyemi

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

— Elizabeth George