Books Quote by George Stephen Download Open image “In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.” — George Stephen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books First Novels Sold Wrote Year
As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about… — Richard Helms Copy Share Image
I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out of high school, then wrote the first Lincoln Perry novel when I was 19. It didn't sell, but I liked the character and I knew the world so I tried what was, in my mind, a… — Michael Koryta Copy Share
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
You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book I ever… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I spent four of my five years at Stanford writing a novel I was unable to sell. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. — George Stephen 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
