Quotes About Authorship

People either fall into two camps, where they're pro-fanfic, or they're anti-fanfic. I would not have had the skills to write and publish my first novel if I hadn't been writing fanfic.

I am not sure when it became de rigueur for presidential candidates to publish a work between hard covers, but nobody now runs for high office without having written, or having arranged for the ghostwriting of, a very large book.

My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops.

My books are published by Hachette. My books have been blacklisted and blocked on Amazon on multiple occasions.

I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read.

The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit down and write. In a lot of cases, the first book you write will not get published. Do not get hung up on that. Start a second book.

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

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

The difference is this: If you write a good book, it'll get published. If you have a great screenplay, there is no guarantee.

I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself.

My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.

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

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.

What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.

Exclusive will not be published in book format.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

Every book has mistakes in them, every one. There's never been a book published without mistakes.

When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should 'teach writing,' which I have no idea how to do and don't really believe in.

My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it.