Accepting Quote by Lee Gutkind

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

— Micah Perks

“There are many good reasons for writing that have nothing to do with being published. Writing is a powerful search mechanism, and one of…

— William Knowlton Zinsser

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

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

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality…

— Deborah Reber

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

— Paul Harding

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

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

— Cynthia Ozick

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write…

— Deb Caletti