I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.
I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.
I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.
And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.
When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.
I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.
I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.
I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.
I used to write in school a lot; I always liked it and used to write on my own, comic books, come up with alternate story lines to the stuff I watched and read, a lot of books and TV, episodes of 'Twilight Zone.' I didn't think about it.
I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college.