Publishing Quote by Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader

“Writing may be a solitary endeavor, but publishing is not.”

— Natasha Yim

“I suggested to her that she start writing. "I can't write at all," she said. "Neither can many bestsellers," I replied. "But that pesky…

— Jarod Kintz

“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”

— Anna Quindlen

“If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire is not to write”

— Hugh Prather

“Even if you never get published, no one can take away your joy in writing, which is why you should be doing it anyway.”

— Jennifer Dechiara

...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage…

— Alan Bennett

“Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

“If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write.”

— Anne Rice

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.

— Ian Mcewan

“...publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write.”

— J.D. Salinger

“I was thinking: to write and being a writer are two kind of diferrences things. To write is a please. Being a writer is…

— Desi Puspitasari

“Writing is a lonely process, but should not be done alone.”

— M.E. Jakobsen