Agents Quote by Po Bronson

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

— Brandon Sanderson

Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.

— Jeffrey Brown

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth…

— Richard North Patterson

My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about until…

— Lisa Jewell

“After publishing a book, start writing the next. And repeat. Don't get hung up on overmarketing the books, focus more on getting more books…

— Crissi Langwell

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really…

— Tracy Kidder

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings…

— Robert Hunter

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning…

— Sue Grafton

My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid…

— David Levithan

The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit…

— Homer Hickam