Appreciate Quote by Karen Thompson Walker

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

— Beverly Cleary

I have a very positive outlook on things. It's hard to predict how actual books are going to do but I'm not freaked out…

— Kevin Sampsell

You always hope a book's going to be a success. I don't think I've ever written a book thinking, 'This will be bad and…

— Ryan North

We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and…

— Gerald Seymour

I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new…

— Helen Dunmore

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope…

— Rick Riordan

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying new writers. The only way we can bring fresh…

— Terri Windling

I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge writing. I…

— Hisham Matar

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel

More and more books are published every year. If people were not reading them, they wouldn't be published. We are in a different moment.…

— Isabel Allende

I imagine as long as people will continue to read novels, people will continue to write them, or vice versa; unless of course the…

— William Faulkner

If there is an audience out there for me, I want them to be surprised when the next book comes out.

— Stewart O'Nan