After Quote by Donna Leon

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another…

— George R. R. Martin

My first book deal was for two Mark Genevich novels. I hadn't planned on writing a second Genevich novel, but I was contracted to…

— Paul G. Tremblay

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

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.

— William Peter Blatty

In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing…

— Evelyn Lau

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it, so I…

— Tom King

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

— Janice Dickinson

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been…

— Sara Sheridan

My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I've been asked to write a book several times; I've had several publishers come to me and offer me book deals. Especially right after…

— Mike Portnoy