Counting Quote by Todd Solondz

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was…

— Harry Mathews

By the time I was ten or eleven, I had a song-book and I was writing everything down. It used to just be my…

— Ella Henderson

I spent a lot of time being creative as a child - painting, drawing and writing poetry.

— Bugzy Malone

I was always writing. When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. But as soon I…

— Amanda Hocking

Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three…

— Dennis Cooper

By 12 years old, I was working almost a 9:00 to 5:00 for two years. My day off was Monday, but I was doing schoolwork.

— Caleb McLaughlin

As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other…

— Victoria Hanley

I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band,…

— Isaac Marion

I was a very creative child. I played the saxophone and piano, and I was always writing poetry and stories, or drawing in my…

— Kali Uchis

It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing…

— Noel Gallagher

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of…

— Henning Mankell

I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged…

— Abraham Verghese