Books Quote by Judith Thurman

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in…

— James Lee Burke

Like most new writers, I could only hope that one day one publisher might agree to publish one of my books; I couldn't imagine…

— Emma Healey

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

— Emma Donoghue

I have many writings that I would not like it if they were published.

— Shakira

The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too.

— Mark Millar

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

— Scott Turow

I am not a book collector, and I am not fussy about particular editions. As long as the words are there I don't mind.

— Adam Foulds

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

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 can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels…

— James Thayer

I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.

— Philip Reeve

Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.

— Tara Westover