Age Quote by Tess Gerritsen

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 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 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. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really…

— Jennifer Egan

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I…

— Amish Tripathi

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

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

— Christopher McQuarrie

I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but it was…

— Roxane Gay

I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept…

— Jennine Capó Crucet

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

— Svetlana Alexievich