Quotes about First Book

I really absolutely loved writing my first book. Votes: 4

My first book was the book that changed my life. Votes: 4

In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book. Votes: 4

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties. Votes: 4

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think. Votes: 4

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. Votes: 4

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book. Votes: 4

My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose. Votes: 4

I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me. Votes: 4

The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more. Votes: 4

I was lucky in getting my first book published; my first book was 'Bunnicula,' which I wrote with my late wife Debbie, for the fun of it. Votes: 4

The first book I could call mine, my first book, was a picture book, 'The Magic Monkey' - it was adapted from an old Chinese legend by a thirteen-year-old prodigy named Plato Chan with the help of his sister. Votes: 4

Silver-the first book of dreams Votes: 3

In the summer of 80, Silhouette bought my first book. Votes: 3

It took me 40 years to write my first book. Votes: 3

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best. Votes: 3

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book. Votes: 3

The first book that a child reads has a colossal impact. Votes: 3

'Wingnuts' is the first book bearing the imprint of Beast Books. Votes: 3

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose. Votes: 3

A first book has some of the sweetness of a first love. Votes: 3

A first book often has enough material in it for half a dozen. Votes: 3

I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked. Votes: 3

When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted. Votes: 3

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems. Votes: 3

The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems. Votes: 3

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. Votes: 3

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. Votes: 3

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed. Votes: 3

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41. Votes: 3

My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them. Votes: 3

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. Votes: 3

I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper. Votes: 3

A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series. Votes: 3

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. Votes: 3

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. Votes: 3

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book. Votes: 3

In Courtney Moreno's In Case of Emergency the working class save the world and themselves. A wonderful first book! Votes: 3

I look at him, look at the book, remember, this book, this moment, the first book I ever loved Votes: 3

Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart. Votes: 3

The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books. Votes: 3

My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. Votes: 3

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer. Votes: 3

My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere. Votes: 3

Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up. Votes: 3

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. Votes: 3

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it. Votes: 3

I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary. Votes: 3

I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary. Votes: 3

I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent. Votes: 3

I am always concerned with ideas of territory and movement. Indeed, my first book after Bunker Archeology was entitled L'insecurite du territoire (1976). Votes: 3

So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through. Votes: 3

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening. Votes: 3

'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien was the first book I enjoyed. I was 14 and when I finished I started it again. Votes: 3

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it. Votes: 3

I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays. Votes: 3

The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien was the first book I enjoyed. I was 14 and when I finished I started it again. Votes: 3

The first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with... Votes: 3

I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961. Votes: 3

I'm totally obsessed with Dickens, and 'Great Expectations' was one of the first book's I read when I was still in school in Porthcawl. Votes: 3

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor. Votes: 3

After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy. Votes: 3

The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school. Votes: 3

Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.' Votes: 3

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. Votes: 3

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly. Votes: 3

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one. Votes: 3

When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into. Votes: 3

I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was the blanket. Votes: 3

The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way. Votes: 3

'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest. Votes: 3

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist. Votes: 3

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow. Votes: 3

My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that that would happen. Votes: 3

One day at my grandmother's house, I discovered 'The Secret Garden' and read it. This was the first book I found entirely for myself, and I cherished it. Votes: 3

A Rogue by Any Other Name' is the first book in the 'Rules of Scoundrels' series, centered on a legendary pre-Victorian casino and her four scandalous aristocratic owners. Votes: 3

My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Internet, so there are no lurking caches of it anywhere. Votes: 3

It was in the mid-70's, '74 or '75 I started doing leadership conferences for pastors and in '79 I wrote my first book "Think On These Things". Votes: 3

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel. Votes: 3

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early. Votes: 3

I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office. Votes: 3

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children Votes: 3

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. Votes: 3

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. Votes: 3

Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities. Votes: 3

My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book of essays appeared: it was compared to Muhammad Ali's style. Votes: 3

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly. Votes: 3

Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the books are purposely written so that readers do not have to read them in order. Votes: 3

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math. Votes: 3

My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some tactics, and already then I was aiming for universality. Votes: 3

After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as I did. She has a number of short stories. Votes: 3

I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't know that. Let's go out and fix it.' Votes: 3

When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was 'Hunt for Red October' by Tom Clancy. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back. Votes: 3

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did. Votes: 3

Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book, and go about trying to buy up all existing copies. Votes: 3

The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it. Votes: 3

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation. Votes: 3

In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war. Votes: 3

I was eighteen when I wrote my first book, and I can't remember what it was called. I have no idea where the manuscript is - I lost it when I was twenty-one. Votes: 3

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words. Votes: 3

So my first book I had no experience having written a book, but each book is a little snapshot of who you are at that moment, accrued all through time, so I accept that. Votes: 3

The only reason I didn't kill myself after I read the reviews of my first book was because we have two rivers in New York and I couldn't decide which one to jumo into. Votes: 3

I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that's how one starts. Or I started. Votes: 3

I can always track my career by the children - I started writing right after the 14-year-old was born, and sold my first book just in time to pay for the birth of the 12-year-old. Votes: 3

I wrote my first book when I was 22 years old. I have a way with words and I love to write. I can write without getting writers block so I knew, it was a gift. Votes: 3

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you get that out of your way, you can start writing books, Votes: 3

I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights. Votes: 3

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words. Votes: 3

You know, when you get to the New World and you develop your three branches of government and you have a civil society, you can just jettison all the barbarism I recommended in the first books. Votes: 3

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly. Votes: 3

In both 'Tigerman' and my first book, 'The Gone-Away World,' there are characters who never really get names. They're too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn't give them one. Votes: 3

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky. Votes: 3

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky. Votes: 3

My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too. Votes: 3

I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life. Votes: 3

Out' was my real breakthrough, the novel that became a hit in Japan and sold a lot of books, so it was sort of an obvious choice for being the first book to be translated into English. Votes: 3

My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the U.K. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it. Votes: 3

I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a contract, a small sum of money, then nothing. Votes: 3

One professor in college told me flat out I wasn't good enough to enter the creative writing program. I saved that letter and promised myself I would send it back to her when my first book came out. Votes: 3

I read the first book about five times while I was preparing for the role. I really wanted to completely embody Lissa and, naturally the book gave me much deeper psychological and emotional insight into Lissa than the script. Votes: 3

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book. Votes: 3

Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally came out 11 years after my first book! I'm glad I didn't give up. Neither should you. Votes: 3

The first book I could call mine, my first book, was a picture book, The Magic Monkey - it was adapted from an old Chinese legend by a thirteen-year-old prodigy named Plato Chan with the help of his sister. Votes: 3

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment Votes: 3

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment. Votes: 3

I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence. Votes: 3

But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they read, some early conversation which they heard, or some accident which excited ardour and emulation. Votes: 3

I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science. Votes: 3

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children. Votes: 3

In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates - 'Pirates in Petticoats.' After that, I was a book writer for good. Votes: 3

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book. Votes: 3

I had just turned 28 and sold my first book, a travel guide for vegetarians, but I'd tell people about the day job that I didn't care about instead - I placed banner advertisements on the web for a search engine company. Votes: 3

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes. Votes: 3

When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage. Votes: 3

My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national bestseller, but it was three years of living in the sewer of this guy's mind. Votes: 3

I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down! Votes: 3

'The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first book contains all of the stories that I used in my seminars to illustrate the points that I wanted to make. Votes: 3

The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first book contains all of the stories that I used in my seminars to illustrate the points that I wanted to make. Votes: 3

When I began work on my first book, 'The River of Doubt,' which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage. Votes: 3

I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life. Up until my first book was published I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: No, I didn't screw up. Votes: 3

India introduced Britain to vegetarianism - see Tristram Stuart's excellent first book on this - and it is possible, indeed all too easy, to be a vegetarian in India and eat extraordinarily good, varied food every day, with very few 'repeats.' Votes: 3

My first book was published when I was thirty-two, so I think it was basically finished when I was thirty or thirty-one. And so then you think, "Well, what have you failed to do?" And my answer to myself was almost everything. Votes: 3

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. Votes: 3

As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about finished the third book in the series. Two more are already outlined. I'm in this for the long haul. Votes: 3

I just finished a novel called 'Exult,' by Joe Quirk, last night. It's about hang gliding. I liked his first book, too, 'The Ultimate Rush.' I now know that I never, ever, ever want to go hang gliding, so that's good. Votes: 3

The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base. Votes: 3

Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world. Votes: 3

I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since. Votes: 3

Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "I knew girls who saved his gum." Votes: 3

Conspiracies fascinate me. When I visited the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar before writing my first book, I remember thinking that the person enshrined there was no ordinary mortal. History is rife with mysteries, and that visit ignited a fire to unveil some of them. Votes: 3

The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base. Votes: 3

So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked. Votes: 3

While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them that while the book was fiction, the situations were based on historical realities - some of which were pretty hard to believe. Votes: 3

The first book I ever bought for myself was 'One Fish Two Fish' by Dr. Seuss. My favourite page shows two children carrying an enormous glass jar up some stairs in the dark. In the jar is a tusked beflippered creature floating in brine. Votes: 3

One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.' Votes: 3

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. Votes: 3

With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me through seven or eight drafts and it was just getting worse and worse, and then the film was never made. Votes: 3

It's not unheard of, in the course of life, that if there's enough interest in it, we could consider going a second season or doing another chapter. I keep looking at it as books in a series, and this season is the first book. Votes: 3

For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing. Votes: 3

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream - I was surprised to find it happening. Votes: 3

When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list. Votes: 3

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book. Votes: 3

When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of formulaic, genre writing drone, just to prove to her how awful it would be, I wrote the first book of the Dresden Files. Votes: 3

The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.' Votes: 3

The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.' Votes: 3

There are many poets that use as my models. In my first book of poems, I had several for the "Sleepwalkers," I had several poems that were apprentice poems like this in which I take a walk with a poet who is no longer alive. Votes: 3

It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a magazine called 'Pensions World.' So I was writing for a living there and that's when I started my first book. Votes: 3

In all seriousness, the first book [The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year] was such a love letter to Wacha, that I think people will be interested and surprised to see that I had some challenges with him in year two. Votes: 3

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history. Votes: 3

I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it! Votes: 3

My favorite group growing up was 'The Hobbit.' It was the first book I actually finished. One of those adventure things that takes you to that land and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. I am not a huge book reader. Votes: 3

I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. The first book in the field that I ever read was Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall. I suppose subsequently I would have to pick out Keynes, Adam Smith, Marx. Votes: 3

In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it to be SF, though it's certainly written differently. I write in first person, present tense, and the protagonist is a woman with a woman's thoughts, feelings, and sexual desires. Votes: 3

My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page mark. Nothing I wrote past page 75 made any kind of sense. Nothing. Which would have been fine if the first 75 pages hadn't been pretty damn cool. Votes: 3

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise. Votes: 3

I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals were unanimous: and it did not get into print until, fifty years later; publishers would publish anything that had my name on it. Votes: 3

You never forget the books you loved as a kid. You never forget the poems you memorized, the first book you read until the cover fell off, the book you read hidden from your mother. What an honor to hold hands with a child's imagination in this way. Votes: 3

I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words." Votes: 3

I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words. Votes: 3

I think that my first book - I was trying to write the kind of book I would have loved as a kid. So it's sort of, like, a book inspired by my childhood reading and the passion that I felt about reading when I was a kid. Votes: 3

Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then carry with you for the rest of your life, trying to confirm it or extend or correct or deny it; but you can never eliminate it. Votes: 3

Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again. Votes: 3

Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was all it took for me to write my first book. Don't get discouraged if a holiday or illness interrupts your writing habit. Just start it up again. Votes: 3

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. Votes: 3

I was very naive, and I thought it was just a matter of writing my first book and sending it in, and for the rest of my life I would be writing books and collecting royalties. Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. Votes: 3

It's true that I wouldn't have written the first book had my sister and mother been alive. It was my way of continuing our conversation. It's also this Jewish thing of naming and remembering people, and I think there is a sense of keeping that side of life going. Votes: 3

Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe. Votes: 3

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. Votes: 3

I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my first book was published by Avon in 1982. The biggest advantage of this genre for me is that it allows me to blend fact and fiction. Votes: 3

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational. Votes: 3

My first book deal was actually for a textbook - 'Judo and You' - that I wrote while teaching at Temple University. A scout for Kendall-Hunt came looking for someone to write the book, and even though it wasn't a course I was teaching there, I agreed to write it. Votes: 3

I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times. Votes: 3

Each book first begins with a little idea. Votes: 2

The first sentence of a book is a promise. Votes: 2

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Votes: 2

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. Votes: 2

My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 2

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page. Votes: 2

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss. Votes: 2

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons. Votes: 2

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. Votes: 0

The first rule in the book of love is acceptance. Votes: 0

A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility. Votes: 0

I luv the book first step to forever by justin bieber Votes: 0

I luv the book first step to forever by justin bieber" Votes: 0

Brown Bear, Brown Bear was kind of my first important book Votes: 0

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book. Votes: 0

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Votes: 0

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you. Votes: 0

You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Votes: 0

The thing I can't remember is, what came first? Us or the book? Votes: 0

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book. Votes: 0

The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book. Votes: 0

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. Votes: 0

Life loiters at the book's first page,-- Ah! could we turn the leaf. Votes: 0

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one. Votes: 0

My first published book, Story of a Girl, was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 0

He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author. Votes: 0

The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. Votes: 0

My first children's book, 'Tickle Monster,' was inspired by tickling my son one evening. Votes: 0

Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!! Votes: 0

Sometimes I forget when I read a book that it didn't exist in English first. Votes: 0

The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people's lives. Votes: 0

No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first. Votes: 0

The book thief has struck for the first time "“ the beginning of an illustrious career. Votes: 0

No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman. Votes: 0

Aberjhani is an award-winning poet who is featured in our first DREAM REACHERS book. An awesome talent. Votes: 0

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo. Votes: 0

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. Votes: 0

I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live. Votes: 0

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850. Votes: 0

I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.' Votes: 0

The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first. Votes: 0

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' Votes: 0

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea. Votes: 0

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page. Votes: 0

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. Votes: 0

Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Votes: 0

Inspirational Quotes on: Honesty, Simplicity, Secret, Universe, Modesty, Peace Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Votes: 0

Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Votes: 0

As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book. Votes: 0

I'd love a signed first edition of 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster. My favourite book of all time. Votes: 0

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. Votes: 0

Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand. Votes: 0

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard. Votes: 0

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience. Votes: 0

Today is the first day in history.-One of Nathan's Daily GemsFrom the 'Book Store ON Main Street'Seal Beach, CA Votes: 0

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern. Votes: 0

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard. Votes: 0

When I first started writing, I wrote a book called 'Bruiser,' and it was pretty much set in Chicago. Votes: 0

When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person. Votes: 0

And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it. Votes: 0

My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him. Votes: 0

We all have a book in us. The first step is recognising this. Writing it is a whole new journey. Votes: 0

I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense. Votes: 0

The Bible is the funniest book I have ever read. It's so funny! Right in the first six pages, it's funny! Votes: 0

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette. Votes: 0

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading. Votes: 0

I look at my first appointment book from 1965 and I get dizzy. I was constantly in a phone booth calling photographers. Votes: 0

I guess my most prized pop culture possession is a signed first edition of the book 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk. Votes: 0

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. Votes: 0

My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution. Votes: 0

If I had known how difficult it was to edit my book, I would have done that first then written the story. Votes: 0

The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. Votes: 0

Just think about it: God wanted to communicate with you in the twenty-first century -and he wrote His message in a book. Votes: 0

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits. Votes: 0

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' Votes: 0

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season. Votes: 0

Rules for writing the first line? The last line?First line: Make them want more. Last line: Make them want the next book. Votes: 0

If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book. Votes: 0

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand. Votes: 0

When the 'Book of Mormon' was first published, some of those who believed in it taught it to others and testified of it. Votes: 0

[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the first. Votes: 0

People can relate to reading a book for the first time and the world starts to create, even without you prepping for it. Votes: 0

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically. Votes: 0

I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book. Votes: 0

I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book, Votes: 0

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. Votes: 0

I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book. Votes: 0

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation. Votes: 0

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first. Votes: 0

The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book. Votes: 0

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. Votes: 0

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. Votes: 0

When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all! Votes: 0

Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow. Votes: 0

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place. Votes: 0

Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample. Votes: 0

I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office! Votes: 0

Everything has already begun before, the first line of the first page of every novel refers to something that has already happened outside the book. Votes: 0

The most important sentence in a good book is the first one; it will contain the organic seed from which all that follows will grow. Votes: 0

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time. Votes: 0

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result. Votes: 0

When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins. Votes: 0

A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. Votes: 0

I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that time. Votes: 0

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages. Votes: 0

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book. Votes: 0

As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you know, unbiased journalist. Votes: 0

I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that. Votes: 0

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years. Votes: 0

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. Votes: 0

With a book tucked in one hand, and a computer shoved under my elbow, I will march, not sidle, shudder or quake, into the twenty-first century. Votes: 0

I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start. Votes: 0

The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between is very hard work. Votes: 0

I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains. Votes: 0

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. Votes: 0

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. Votes: 0

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money. Votes: 0

I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees. Votes: 0

You get up and, first thing in the morning, you do your 500 words. Do it every day and you've got a book in eight or nine months. Votes: 0

So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies? Votes: 0

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd. Votes: 0

When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was the first 'grownup' book I read, and I loved it. Votes: 0

In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction. Votes: 0

Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history! Votes: 0

All souls can earn IMMORTALITY.The Creators have IMMORTALITY.The Creators are the' ONLY' ONES'To award IMMORTALITYFROM MY BOOK: War between Souls over First Universe Justice Awaits Votes: 0

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 0

My favorite book is 'Redeeming Love.' It was my first as a born-again Christian, my statement of faith, and the most exciting year I've spent writing anything. Votes: 0

I highly recommend reading this book, and applying the NVC process it teaches. It is a significant first step towards changing our communication and creating a compassionate world. Votes: 0

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me. Votes: 0

I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person present. It's just the easiest way. Votes: 0

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book . . . Votes: 0

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal specifically with that piece of work. Votes: 0

All souls can earn IMMORTALITY.The Creators have IMMORTALITY.The Creators are the' ONLY' ONES'To award IMMORTALITY...FROM MY BOOK: War between Souls over First Universe Justice Awaits Votes: 0

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me Votes: 0

In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place. Votes: 0

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first. Votes: 0

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. Votes: 0

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out? Votes: 0

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first. Votes: 0

The Green Turtle' was created in the 1940s by a cartoonist named Chu Hing, one of the first Asian Americans to work in the American comic book industry. Votes: 0

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it. Votes: 0

It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance, and in the book as a whole. Votes: 0

Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it. Votes: 0

The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story. Votes: 0

When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book. Votes: 0

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do. Votes: 0

I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things. Votes: 0

Even in Kitty Kelley's book, which is so negative, they talk about, as with all first ladies, that Nancy Reagan is constantly around to take photo ops with kids. Votes: 0

For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have. Votes: 0

I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan. Votes: 0

My colleague Bill Keegan has written a very short book ('Saving the World?') on an unlikely topic - he is the first economist to try to rehabilitate Gordon Brown. Votes: 0