Books Quote by H. W. Brands

As a writer I am proud that if you took my last four books, and they didn't have my name on them, I don't…

— Jay Neugeboren

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions…

— Jonathan Franzen

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I…

— Nicholson Baker

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM,…

— Susie Bright

I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a…

— Margaret Wise Brown

...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they…

— Anonymous

“Seeing your own name on the book cover is like hearing your book saying, "Hi. Thanks for writing me!”

— Alvi Syahrin

“And if publishers are too skittish to bite—sell it as goddamn fiction. Make yourself the author and change the names if necessary. Do whatever…

— Joshua V. Scher

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

— Jilly Cooper

Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.

— Susan Orlean

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

— Kate Atkinson

I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would…

— R. A. Salvatore