FastSaying

No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.

Ian Rankin

AwardsBlankBookComeGotHellHowLikeManyMatterNewNextNothingNothing NewPaperSalesSaySheetStillWonYou

Related Quotes

At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
— Ian Rankin
IdeasKeepLike
Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it.
— Alvin Martin
BlankFiveNames
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
— Harry S Truman
ExceptHistoryKnow
Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
— Abraham Lincoln
ExceptHereMarrying
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.
— David Guterson
AwardsCriticalHad