Jay Asher Quotes

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a book.

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I want to be an author.

My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.

Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.

A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

People do write books.

I had already drafted the manuscript that would become my first book by the time I graduated from college, but I had no idea what to do with it.

As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.

I have to go make books. Sorry about that.

The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised.

I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.

I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.

Would you care to publish this? Sincerely, Robert B. Parker.

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.

Publishing is not my world.

I never want to deal with a book once I'm finished writing.

I want to write books.

I'm the author of several books, including children's books.

I have great stories. I am going to write a book.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.