Jilly Cooper Quotes

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.

I had a few stories and longer pieces published, but my first proper novel came in 2003, called 'Dead I Well May Be.'

I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia.

I was twenty-seven when I began to write seriously, and after two years of rejections, my first book, 'The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo,' was accepted for publication.

I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'

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

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'

When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it.

After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.

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

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

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

'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.

I sold my first story when I was 21 in 1973.

I was elated when I found out my first novel, 'Leaving Patrick,' about a woman who walks out on her husband, was going to be published.

I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.

When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

Thirteen years I took on this last book.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

I started blogging in 2006 when I had sold my first novel but it had not yet been published, in those anxious months in between while I learned the whole process.

I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.

I would love to be in public one day and see someone reading my book. I think that would be so ridiculously cool.

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

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