“God knows, but that boy is so lazy, if there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the floor...” — Faith Hogan Copy Share Image
Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished. — Jessica Fellowes Copy Share Image
I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
My father was a very prolific writer and he left behind a huge body of unpublished work. — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
“Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read)… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible… — Ethan Canin Copy Share Image
I have 40 years of unpublished material, the ones they don't pick, and the reason I don't redraw them or use them… — Sergio Aragones Copy Share Image
Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine. — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In the end, the difference between a published writer and an unpublished one comes down to one thing: The unpublished writer gave… — Judy Delton Copy Share Image
I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this… — John Farrar Copy Share Image
There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Don't die with the music on your tongue unsung! Don't die with the apps in your mind undesigned! Don't die with the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read,… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Every writer, no matter published, unpublished, award-winning, or bestselling, faces insecurity. It crops up everywhere and, in my personal experience, nearly every… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
“An Introduction to Poetry Readings" Preaching to the converted, the tormented and perverted Introspective melancholics, axe-grinding alcoholics Welcome to a night of… — Nasty Nigel Lawrence Copy Share Image
To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it. — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
“I'm tired of the anonymity of being an unpublished author. I crave the anonymity of being self-published.” — Tristan Durie Copy Share Image
