I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Hollywood loves pre-validation. Even if someone has a property that was first published as a comic book that sold only 5,000 copies,… — David S. Goyer 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
So research is a terribly imperfect science, and you learn an awful lot more after you've published a book, because people keep… — Simon Winchester 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
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
When I was first writing 'Feed' - which was the first book I published as Mira - I talked about it very… — Seanan McGuire 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
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
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
Working alone on a poem, a poet is of all artists the most free. The poem can be written with a modicum… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book… — Vaclav Klaus 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
I love cookbooks for completely different reasons. I love 'The Harry's Bar Cookbook' and Marco-Pierre White's 'White Heat' for their feel. For… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if… — Stephen Greenblatt 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
My books should feel like you're getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As… — Jeffrey Brown 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
'XIII' is a spy show. I think the comic book is a little too similar to 'The Bourne Identity.' I tried to… — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
