Always Quote by Leandra Medine

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made…

— Ahmet Zappa

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

— Tomi Adeyemi

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.

— Charles Stross

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

— Ruth Ozeki

Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing…

— Garth Nix

Everybody should write a book whether you get it published or not because the experience of sort of taking it all and throwing it…

— Gary Dell'Abate

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 worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made.

— Lauren Oliver

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

— Patrick Rothfuss

To make anything successful, you need a good writer.

— Paresh Rawal

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

— Christine Feehan