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
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
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
My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice… — Philipp Meyer 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
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
Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special. — David Amram Copy Share Image
Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
My husband, a.k.a. Swede, and I both come from athletic backgrounds, so once we identified the goal - get book published -… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could… — Hooman Majd 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
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
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
It seems to me that the novel as a medium has a very low signal-to-noise ratio. By which I mean: there are… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
In some ways, getting published in children's literature is a little more open than publishing adult literature. It's less hinged on who… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
Once a discovery has been published, there is no way of un-publishing it. — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. — Morley Callaghan 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
Although it was published in 1977, "A Scanner Darkly's" mood is already postpunk. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
