Be confident Quote by Patrick Ness

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going…

— Stephen King

I dont know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent Im hoping that…

— Christopher Darden

I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something.

— Carrie Coon

I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that…

— Christopher Darden

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

— Wally Lamb

I write the books I want to read. I'm interested in seeing what happens with this book in the marketplace.

— Teddy Wayne

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

— Anonymous

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver.

— Karin Slaughter

The book has had a good run. For 550 years, it was the most practical way to deliver writing to multiple readers.

— Jacob Weisberg

I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like…

— James Patterson

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day