Books Quote by Scott Bradfield

Much as I love stories, I think I'll only be satisfied with myself as a writer if I'm able to produce a novel that…

— Steve Almond

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made…

— Ahmet Zappa

Without always meaning to, I write really long short stories, 60-pagers, 90-pagers, pieces of fiction that are too long for all but the bravest…

— Anthony Doerr

A good novel editor is invisible.

— Terri Windling

When I was first published it was like having people rushing in coming to find out where I was hiding. Scary!

— Selima Hill

I am so excited to announce that I have written a book. I have actually written it myself with no ghost writer, just me!…

— Rob Beckett

I have a lot of stuff that I never published because I always had a sense that novels were not finally going to be…

— William Monahan

There are always interesting, innovative, dynamic stories being written and being published. They're not always being prominently published, but they're being published.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

— Anonymous

I do write short stories and novelettes, and I've written a couple novels - nothing published yet, it's just for me. It's my release.…

— Jackie Fuchs

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon