Books Quote by Christine Leunens Download Open image “My first novel was a critical success in a matter of weeks.” — Christine Leunens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Critical First Matter Novel Success
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of… — John Lescroart Copy Share Image
I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
The themes that I explore, Taika Waititi also explores: how teaching children a sense of 'us and them' breeds a sense of superiority and… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
A woman's relationship with her son is psychological, emotional, even physical. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Looking back, I can't say I got any real satisfaction from so many people being interested in what I looked like. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Write something and leave it aside so you've practically forgotten it as much as possible, a month or so, then come back and read… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Be true to yourself, pick something that really matters to them and is dear to them. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I was born 20 years after World War II had ended, and people of my generation mostly thought of it as a terrible period… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Then it's very easy to point fingers at other people and use this kind of rhetoric, infestation and comparing people to rodents, insects, showing… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Because I write just at home, I'm just in my T-shirt and sneakers all the time. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm mostly at my desk, staring out my window. No one sees me. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I think what happens is when you have fear, fear translates into hatred. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
However, for my characters to have depth, they have to be human and complex, have both qualities and flaws, do the right things at… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
So I'm working on another historical novel. This one's a Franco-New Zealand novel, and it takes place at the time of the Rainbow Warrior… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
