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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

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

— Damien Chazelle

I had, like any other young novelist, started out by believing the difficult thing was to get published and that, once you managed that,…

— Mordecai Richler

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked…

— Orhan Pamuk

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

I published 'Rules of Civility' while I was still working. It became a best seller. I was working on this book, and then I…

— Amor Towles

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my…

— Garrison Keillor

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

— Wilbur Smith

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

— Don DeLillo

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I…

— Jose Saramago

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

— Kevin J. Anderson