Age Quote by Taiye Selasi

I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in…

— Janet Fitch

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

— Cary Fukunaga

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.

— Cary Fukunaga

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 wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

— Merritt Wever

I was a schoolteacher; I taught seventh and eighth grade, and I tried to write fiction on the side.

— David Grann

I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a…

— Harry Turtledove

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

— John Boyne

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

— Kelsea Ballerini

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think…

— Jess Walter

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

— Christopher McQuarrie

I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

— Diana Gabaldon