Our society tend to fetishize early success, but lest we forget…

Toni Morrison: 40
Mark Twain: 41
Marcel Proust: 43
Henry Miller: 44
JRR Tolkien: 45
Raymond Chandler: 51
Richard Adams: 52
Annie Proulx: 57
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 65
Frank McCourt: 66
Harriett Doerr: 74
Harry Bernstein: 96
No, you’re not too old to publish your first book.

— Allison K Williams (@GuerillaMemoir) August 19, 2018

Perfectionism is impatient, but it’s never too late to start a project that’s important to you.

My number, by the way, is 48. (And thanks to D. for sending me the tweet!)