End Quote by Chris Pavone

For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on…

— Sloane Crosley

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM,…

— Susie Bright

I have been written off my whole career.

— Diego Sanchez

As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off…

— Jonathan Coe

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian…

— James Rollins

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to…

— Lee Child

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

— Lady Colin Campbell

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things…

— Jonathan Lethem

When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address…

— Kiran Desai

The Revelation was my master's project, and after I finished it, I thought I'd send it off to a publisher and within a year…

— Bentley Little

I did not want to write, but I had to resign myself to it in the end.

— Samuel Beckett