Book Quote by Doris Lessing

For me, just being published feels like success.

— Samantha Shannon

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

Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.

— Pete Sampras

I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.

— Charlie Huston

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

— Michael Korda

Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What…

— Dani Shapiro

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all…

— Jerry Spinelli

Books succeed; and lives fail.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of…

— Harper Lee

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.

— Willa Cather

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

— Jerry Seinfeld