Book Quote by Jack Canfield

I left for New York expecting to repeat my success, only to be turned down by almost every publisher in that city, till the…

— Patrick White

Most people quit. If you don't quit, if you rewrite, if you keep publishing in fancier places, you will understand that "What's the secret?"…

— Robert Lipsyte

So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later,…

— R. A. Salvatore

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

— Michael Connelly

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

I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their…

— George Bernard Shaw

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

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.

— John Boyne

If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.

— Anonymous

I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I…

— Philipp Meyer

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

— Jack Lemmon