Attention Quote by Karen Thompson Walker

No book, no matter how good, has a chance of reaching a large audience unless the publisher SEES the book's value.

— Richard Laymon

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

An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you…

— Ravi Subramanian

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

— Kate Atkinson

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…

— Ethan Canin

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

— Micah Perks

When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in…

— Steven Pressfield

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.

— Leandra Medine