Abstract Quote by Anna Todd

One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means…

— Graham Swift

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

— Kate Atkinson

Getting published was like God stamping you 'acceptable,' and all of a sudden you can start writing for other places.

— Steven Rinella

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

— Adrian Tomine

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I…

— Nicholson Baker

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

— Donald E. Westlake

Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something…

— Ariel Gore

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

— Kate Morton

I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.

— Leandra Medine

My first published writings were trying to take scientific concepts and make them clear for a general audience.

— Judith Viorst

I wanted to be involved with literature. I certainly wasn't going to be able to write for a living, and I didn't have enough…

— Jonathan W. Galassi