Access Quote by James Lee Burke

You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three…

— Chad Harbach

First-book novelists and storywriters haven't yet failed and so it's easier to publish them - you can gamble on a success. Whereas someone who…

— Frederick Busch

I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than a book…

— Jess Walter

The best bit of novel writing is being allowed to write exactly what you want at the speed that you want, and to include…

— Nick Hornby

Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I urge aspiring writers to write three full-length novels before contemplating publication.

— Sylvia Day

As for the multiple editions, in the case of a truly great writer - Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Proust, someone with a canon - there…

— Judith Thurman

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world…

— Rachel Kushner

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning…

— Sue Grafton

I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers with very…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

— Mark Haddon

Much as I love stories, I think I'll only be satisfied with myself as a writer if I'm able to produce a novel that…

— Steve Almond