Books Quote by Ariel Gore

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If you really…

— Herbert Gold

I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on…

— Amanda Hocking

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

— Ken Kesey

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

— Micah Perks

I know important literary writers who can't get published.

— Frederick Busch

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing…

— Aidan Chambers

You have to live in order to have something to write about - you get caught up in moviemaking and celebrities and money, and…

— John Patrick Shanley

If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting…

— Antonio Munoz Molina

I've always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job.

— Dwayne McDuffie

If you want to write a book that's very successful and famous, then it's hard. If you just want to get published, all you…

— Kate Cary