Book Quote by William Golding

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

— Claire Tomalin

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

To me, at forty-four years old, my book was a search for truth and identity.

— Melissa Gilbert

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted…

— Molly Ringwald

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

— Kent Haruf

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

— Diana Gabaldon

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

I didn't publish my book until I was 37. So the ability to pay my bills, pay my rent, make a life for myself,…

— Leigh Bardugo

For twenty years I read a book a day, from the time I was seven until I was twenty-seven.

— Robert Motherwell

At 31, I decided to learn how to read and, at 32, read my first book: Lee Iacocca's autobiography. Ten years later, with my…

— Diamond Dallas Page

At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would…

— Ingrid Bengis