Literary Quote by Noelle Stevenson

I've always had a lot of story ideas rattling around in my head, but 'Nimona' felt very tangible very early. I knew the ending.…

— Noelle Stevenson

Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden, there were…

— Melissa Marr

I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I…

— Adam Silvera

A year after I'd graduated college, I went to a weeklong conference intensive in Boston, and that's when things kicked into high gear. My…

— Brian Hodge

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of…

— Anne Lamott

It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

— Jasper Fforde

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

— Lloyd Alexander

I didn't have to struggle at all to get an agent and a publisher. Everything fell into my lap.

— Frank McCourt

I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.

— Kate Thompson

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections…

— Stephenie Meyer

I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to…

— Karl Marlantes

My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.

— Tea Obreht