Felt Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

I never really thought I'd be successful. I never though I'd get books published, but this was something completely beyond me. The fact that…

— Walter Mosley

Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something…

— Ariel Gore

I'm a writer and I've had some success.

— Carole Radziwill

For me, just being published feels like success.

— Samantha Shannon

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of…

— John Lescroart

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

— Leandra Medine

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which…

— Gail Carson Levine

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

— Lloyd Alexander

I had a crazy amount of success as a writer, which isn't normal by any means.

— Stephanie Land

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

— Lauren Oliver