Appalachia Quote by Tom Robbins

When I was a 12-year-old middle-schooler in Richmond, Virginia, my local newspaper published an op-ed that I wrote all by myself.

— Constance Wu

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

— Jeffery Deaver

I had a column in high school for our school newspaper. I enjoy writing.

— Kyle Korver

I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on.

— Hugh Hefner

I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif…

— Christopher Darden

When I stepped foot into Princeton, I was surrounded by people who had been to boarding schools and high-level high schools and I barely…

— Jesse Marsch

I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth.

— Brian Hodge

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

— Cary Fukunaga

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

— David Grann

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

— Margaret Haddix

I always wrote stories, but I do remember a particular moment in middle school where I became passionate about essay writing.

— Rupi Kaur

I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year,…

— Harmony Korine