Book Quote by Holly Black

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

— Jamaica Kincaid

My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that…

— John Hodgman

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

— Augusten Burroughs

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before and I…

— Leigh Bardugo

I thought when I started writing that I'd have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that…

— Ben Fountain

I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will destroy the…

— Dean Koontz

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many…

— Arianna Huffington

If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest, then I was gonna…

— James Frey

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson