Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just…

— Christina Stead

In the end, the difference between a published writer and an unpublished one comes down to one thing: The unpublished writer gave up, and…

— Judy Delton

I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.

— Mark Haddon

The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this firmly in…

— John Farrar

My father was a very prolific writer and he left behind a huge body of unpublished work.

— John Carter Cash

“Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud.”

— Truman Capote

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read) about writing.

— Sylvia Plath

I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading and enjoying…

— Tess Gerritsen

“We all have chapters we would prefer unpublished.”

— Julian Fellowes

“An Introduction to Poetry Readings" Preaching to the converted, the tormented and perverted Introspective melancholics, axe-grinding alcoholics Welcome to a night of wine and…

— Nasty Nigel Lawrence

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that…

— Samuel Johnson

“I'm tired of the anonymity of being an unpublished author. I crave the anonymity of being self-published.”

— Tristan Durie

Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.

— Bernard Cornwell

There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print on the…

— Kate Mosse

“God knows, but that boy is so lazy, if there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the floor...”

— Faith Hogan