You're never too old to start writing

From Robert McCrum in Guardian.co.uk:

...The ruthless cut-off of 40 does not address the complex trajectory of creative growth: for every novelist or poet who explodes skywards with a first or second book, there are many who only achieve mastery as they reach the shady side of the slope. The onset of middle age, or the approach of oblivion, is perhaps as sharp a spur to literary effort as the intoxicating self-belief of youth.

Comments

[Jai Farris]

What a great quote and oh so true.....

[Lynne Lumsden Green]

I don't know whether this quote makes me happy or sad, since I am over forty.

[Cath Francis]

I'm so excited. I'm over fifty, that means I must be able to write the Great Canadian Novel!

[Niki Turner]

My 40th is just around the corner, so this hit home. Thanks for something to chew on. While I still have all my teeth. : )