Based Quote by Lev Grossman

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

— Michael Korda

I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.

— Natalie Goldberg

I always knew, deep down, that I'd love to be an author, but I don't think I really thought about trying to do it…

— Tom Fletcher

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

— Mattie Stepanek

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want…

— Karen Thompson Walker

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

— Lauren Oliver

All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.

— Jenna Blum

I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.

— Charlie Huston

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 studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had…

— Ted Dekker

I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.

— Leandra Medine

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