I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.
Karrine Steffans
Related I've known my two best girlfriends since junior high school. LESLIE MANN Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school. DYLAN O'BRIEN I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school... GABRIEL LUNA I've been embracing gray hair since... high school, and I don't think that anything's ch... TAYLOR HICKS I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young. DAN BYRD I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old. OLIVIA D'ABO I know this sounds terribly shallow, but I've been mapping out my outfits for the next day every... RACHEL BILSON I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game. CORY MONTEITH I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with ... MASI OKA I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got... ZOE LISTER-JONES I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine. KAGE BAKER I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high s... DAVID LACHAPELLE And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven. JENA MALONE I've always been a huge proponent for education; I graduated high school at 14 years old and gra... KATHERINE MCNAMARA I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've writ... PATRICK CARMAN I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories. RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH I've been writing full-time since 1978. ALAN DEAN FOSTER I've been writing full-time since I was 23. EMMA DONOGHUE I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way thro... STEVEN WRIGHT I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic. ELVIS COSTELLO I guess I never grew up. I was still reading kids' books in high school and college. I was alway... MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to ... PATRICK EWING I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every bo... CHARLAINE HARRIS I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that fo... EVAN DANDO I've been working since I was five! ERIN MORAN I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a ... DEBORAH EISENBERG I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been ... A.J. STYLES I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff th... ERROL MORRIS I've never been very flashy or high-profile. JON ORINGER I was home-schooled. But going to high school, I never would've been able to travel the U.S. or ... ETHAN EMBRY Telling stories has been a compulsion of mine since I could physically say, 'Once upon a time...... VICTORIA AVEYARD It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school. RICK MERCER I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the biza... KATE MCKINNON I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been ... PAM DAWBER I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends... JONAH HILL I was 12 years fittin' to be a billionaire; I was 15 years old as a millionaire. I've been r... BIRDMAN I've always been a little high maintenance. I'm, like, upper-middle-class maintenance. ANDERS HOLM For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in 'The Death-Ray' is based ... DANIEL CLOWES In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You&... DANICA MCKELLAR I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is ... CANDACE BUSHNELL I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd b... BERNIE LEADON I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went throu... SARAH DESSEN I've always been ambidextrous, writing short stories and novels, and I pretty much have been wri... CATHERINE RYAN HYDE I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted.... VANILLA ICE I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small. NAVEEN ANDREWS I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high schoo... GREG GRUNBERG I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years... BOBBY MCFERRIN Writing and playing songs is something that I've loved doing since the day I started. It's n... GEORGE EZRA I've been into Sonic Youth since junior high school. I think I kind of have ADD, so it's goo... NORMAN REEDUS I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it. RAINN WILSON I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became ... KAREN ELSON I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I t... KALEY CUOCO I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty muc... DEREK JETER I've loved Leia and Han since I was seven years old. Getting a chance to tell some of their adve... CLAUDIA GRAY I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades. ABBIE CORNISH I'll probably never go to prom. I haven't ever been to a high school dance. CASSIE STEELE I'm from Ohio, and I wasn't one of those kids who grew up making movies or whatever, but I a... DAVID LESLIE JOHNSON I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assi... ANDREW CLEMENTS I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand... TAMRON HALL I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible. ELLEN BASS The first play I ever saw - I was in junior high school - was a high school production of Noel Cowar... TERRY TEACHOUT I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do. J. J. WATT I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in... ALLISON WILLIAMS I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dys... CAITLYN JENNER I've always kept writing. There's never been a moment where I went through a spell where I j... CASSADEE POPE I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and sch... DYLAN LAUREN I'd been bumming around in bands since my school days. RICK ASTLEY I majored in theater, but it was pretty obvious right off that I wasn't any good as an actor. I'd be... CHAD BEGUELIN Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing t... ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was... SKYLAR GREY The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And ... ANDY COHEN If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have r... NANCY HORAN A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back whe... PAUL PIERCE I'm sure those rumors are spread, but it's just ah - we're really good friend. We've... SCOTTY MCCREERY In the winter I separate, in the summer I marry. It's been 15 years since I've been getting ... VANESSA PARADIS I just turned 40, and it's weird to think that I've been doing this almost my whole life. I ... PAUL WALKER I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure. NATALIE MACMASTER I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid. ELVIS PRESLEY I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was tea... JOHN WOODEN Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I&... KURT COBAIN I want to make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing... DAVID ARCHULETA For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I... KATE GRENVILLE My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been i... TY BURRELL I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a cou... TAHYNA TOZZI I've been blogging since February of 2001. When I started blogging, it was a dinosaur blog. It w... NEIL GAIMAN I remember in middle school and high school being so concerned with what everybody else thought. I w... EMERAUDE TOUBIA Honestly, I've been asking myself how it would feel to be Princess Leia since I was seven years ... CLAUDIA GRAY I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from h... DEBBIE MACOMBER I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer. LADY GAGA I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months. CAMILLA BELLE I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind o... ALICIA WITT I'd never done anything as high profile or professional as 'Skins', so 'Skins' i... APRIL PEARSON I didn't do school plays... I've never done a play in my life, actually. Not even a nativity... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high ... MARY CHENEY I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous... NATALIE PORTMAN The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me ... STEPHEN FURST I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different... DON CHEADLE Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts. ERIC BRISTOW It has been 11 years since I played on Friday night high school. It definitely takes me back. DAVID BOWENS
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