Author Dedication Quotes

I've never abandoned the novel.

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction?

Write the best book you possibly can, then dedicate yourself to getting people to read it.

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards.

The quality I appreciated most about Grafton was her loyalty. She stuck with 'Kinsey Millhone' and the alphabet series conceit for her entire career but did not allow herself to stagnate as a writer. Kinsey's first-person narrative gradually made room for other, third-person perspectives.

I feel a great connection with my readers and would never want to disappoint them.

A recommendation to scholars: Write only one book about Lincoln; give it your best shot, and then move on.

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

I love meeting fans. The people who are fans of my books are really smart and dedicated, because some independent comics are hard to get. I will drive all the way to Pittsburgh or Detroit to put it in their hands.

I really try to focus on my books and readers.