Accounts Quote by Kate Siegel

My daughter writes and is the editor of her school magazine.

— Manini Mishra

My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough…

— Ian Rankin

Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed of a…

— Rumaan Alam

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

— Anne McCaffrey

Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from school. And…

— Mary Kay Andrews

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

I had to put my kid before my career and all the money I was making. I decided to do the right thing. I…

— Brian Welch

My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it, so I…

— Tom King

I can always track my career by the children - I started writing right after the 14-year-old was born, and sold my first book…

— Heather Graham Pozzessere

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

When I was a child, there was very little money, so I've always been concerned for my financial security, which has meant that finding…

— Hilary Mantel