Accepted Quote by Jackie Collins

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

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 just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

— Lawrence Welk

The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense…

— Russell Banks

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of…

— Karen Thompson Walker

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

— Wilbur Smith

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 was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn…

— Daniel Tammet

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to…

— Laini Taylor

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've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

— Daniel Pennac

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a…

— Dorothy Fields