I was 17 when I decided to write stories as big as cathedrals, overflowing with the kind of memorable and audacious characters Walker Percy, Ernest Hemingway and Saul Bellow created.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.
When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age.
I wrote my first story when I was six or seven.
I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words into stories. It was a miracle.
In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.
I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.
The first story I finished was when I was six years old.
From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.
I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.
I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.
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