Book Quote by Tama Janowitz

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my…

— Jean M. Auel

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

— Jay Asher

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to…

— Laini Taylor

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 have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

It's so exciting when a book catches traction you didn't even expect (or completely did expect!), and so frustrating when a book never quite…

— Danielle Dutton

I think the reason I've published so few books is that I have a pretty high expectation of self-reinvention between books and I would…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will…

— Barry Eisler

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

— Anonymous

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

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