There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded,… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me. — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
“There is nothing like being pleased with your own work - and this is the best stage - before it is published… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special. — David Amram Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet. — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
As a physicist, I can state that none of the 18 physicists who signed the Statement works in this field; nor to… — David Douglass Copy Share Image
The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books… — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
The readership of Victorian novels, when they were published, was much less diverse. People were probably white, and had enough money to… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
My memoir is being published by Beaufort Books and will be available fall of 2015. It's about my unusual life as a… — Lisa Jakub Copy Share Image
I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
It was actually an Israeli cartoonist, Nurit Karlin, who made me think that I could draw for 'The New Yorker.' I saw… — Liza Donnelly Copy Share Image
When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less… — Frank Abagnale Copy Share Image
I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do… — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
My photography is often a sociological look at American culture, and it's been very well published in the U.K. — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
“Books don't need to be published," Lars Högström said. "The main thing is that they should be written.” — Torgny Lindgren Copy Share Image
It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published. — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
“My definition of self-published: A printed work distributed by someone who believes more in sharing their story than making a fortune.” — Giuseppe Bianco Copy Share Image
In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Getting published - keep knocking on the door and never give up until it opens.” — Peter G. Jones Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
If the press is to be free, the state has no role in regulating what is published. — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands,… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly… — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
