Books Quote by Prue Leith

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.

— Jon McGregor

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

— Kate Morton

My producing partner and I were shown a novel we really liked. It was called 'My Abandonment' by Peter Rock, and we enjoyed reading…

— Debra Granik

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night,…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.

— Kim Edwards

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

— Augusten Burroughs

I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn…

— Daniel Tammet

My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name is Irish…

— Colm Toibin

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

One of my friends who writes novels says that once the book is published, it's a separate thing from you; it becomes its own.…

— Jill Talbot

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

— Jon McGregor