Being Quote by Kate Atkinson

“...'being published’ is not the same as being a real writer.”

— Scarlett Thomas

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

— Anonymous

“Even if you never get published, no one can take away your joy in writing, which is why you should be doing it anyway.”

— Jennifer Dechiara

I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon, but the…

— Sarnath Banerjee

I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.

— Anne Enright

For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option.…

— Daniel Kehlmann

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

— Kate Atkinson

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they…

— Anonymous

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing…

— Kate Zambreno

For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing…

— Geoff Dyer

“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…

— Patrick Mcmanus

“Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.”

— Nevea Lane