Always Quote by Tim Howard

My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough…

— Ian Rankin

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back…

— Jack Gantos

I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

— Megan McCafferty

I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a…

— Shane McCrae

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

— Terry Pratchett

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's…

— David Ortiz

I didn't really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald's employee. So there's always a sense of…

— Jerry Stahl

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian…

— James Rollins

I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them…

— Sigrid Undset

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course,…

— Kate Morton