Book Quote by Lauren Groff

I have a lot of stuff that I never published because I always had a sense that novels were not finally going to be…

— William Monahan

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and…

— Charlaine Harris

I know that the way to be a really successful writer is to write the same kind of book over and over again. Find…

— Neil Gaiman

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

My novels tend to take a long time to become exactly what they're going to be. They're fluid messes until I've done a ton…

— Dennis Cooper

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

I think the reason I've published so few books is that I have a pretty high expectation of self-reinvention between books and I would…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least five or…

— Gail Godwin

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course,…

— Kate Morton

The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer.

— Walter Mosley