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It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published Picture Quote #1

Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection slips I have received. Don’t ever give up! Picture Quote #1

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport Picture Quote #1

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true Picture Quote #1

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable Picture Quote #1

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets Picture Quote #1

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true Picture Quote #1

As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal Picture Quote #1

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven Picture Quote #1

It’s an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you’re being published by people who really don’t get it and/or don’t really care Picture Quote #1

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I can’t imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him Picture Quote #1

Yeah, well, we’re all writers, aren’t we? He’s a writer that hasn’t been published, and I’m a writer who hasn’t written anything Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal Picture Quote #1

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is Picture Quote #1

As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs... The way I write is who I am, or have become Picture Quote #1

She’s a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn’t be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind Picture Quote #1

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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 so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life Picture Quote #1

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules Picture Quote #1

Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it’s going to get published Picture Quote #1

There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my grave if I had allowed myself to pay attention to them Picture Quote #1

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they’ve not even been written yet Picture Quote #1

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer Picture Quote #1

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The graveyard is the richest place on the surface of the earth because there you will see the books that were not published, ideas that were not harnessed, songs that were not sung, and drama pieces that were never acted Picture Quote #1

My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside Picture Quote #1

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing Picture Quote #1

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips Picture Quote #1

I’d pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read Picture Quote #1

In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety Picture Quote #1

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It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published (Published Quotes) Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection slips I have received. Don’t ever give up! (Published Quotes) I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport (Published Quotes) Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true (Published Quotes) At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable (Published Quotes) To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all (Published Quotes) 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 (Published Quotes) I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets (Published Quotes) Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true (Published Quotes) As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal (Published Quotes) There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven (Published Quotes) It’s an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you’re being published by people who really don’t get it and/or don’t really care (Published Quotes) I can’t imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him (Published Quotes) Yeah, well, we’re all writers, aren’t we? He’s a writer that hasn’t been published, and I’m a writer who hasn’t written anything (Published Quotes) There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal (Published Quotes) I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is (Published Quotes) As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs... The way I write is who I am, or have become (Published Quotes) She’s a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn’t be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind (Published Quotes) 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 so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life (Published Quotes) Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules (Published Quotes) Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it’s going to get published (Published Quotes) There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my grave if I had allowed myself to pay attention to them (Published Quotes) My own best books have not been published. In fact, they’ve not even been written yet (Published Quotes) Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer (Published Quotes) The graveyard is the richest place on the surface of the earth because there you will see the books that were not published, ideas that were not harnessed, songs that were not sung, and drama pieces that were never acted (Published Quotes) My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside (Published Quotes) Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing (Published Quotes) Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips (Published Quotes) I’d pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read (Published Quotes) In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety (Published Quotes)

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