Abandoned Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they…

— Anonymous

“You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing there waiting…

— William Saroyan

Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing.

— Neil Gaiman

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.

— Charles Stross

Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing…

— Garth Nix

I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide…

— Steve Martin

Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you…

— Neil Gaiman

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write. But at times I have told myself that I don't necessarily have to publish…

— J. K. Rowling

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks