Bad Quote by Ryan North

Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What…

— Dani Shapiro

When I'm writing, I'm thinking, "Well, this might be a book that I'll always be happy with, and certainly readers will be happy with."…

— John Edgar Wideman

As always, a lot of bad books will be published. Some good books will be published, and you have to seek them out.

— Colson Whitehead

Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

— Elizabeth Kostova

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as…

— Richard Curtis

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

— Beverly Cleary

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

— Khaled Hosseini

I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd be successful.

— Jay Blades

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a…

— Anita Desai

“You never know if a book is going to succeed or fail, so what matters ultimately is how you feel about it and whether…

— Kristin Hannah