Answers Quote by Elena Ferrante

My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them as if…

— George Eliot

I'm always writing a new book even when books are being shopped around, and none of my books has been published in the order…

— Douglas A. Martin

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

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

I think the reason I've published so few books is that I have a pretty high expectation of self-reinvention between books and I would…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.

— Edward Abbey

Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.

— Patti Davis

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 have many writings that I would not like it if they were published.

— Shakira

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is…

— Judith Guest

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

— Peter Sotos

Having books published is very destructive to writing.

— Ernest Hemingway