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I feel as if I've been so inured to failure, because I fail more than I succeed. As with any kind of fiction, I throw out so many pages; I get rejected so many times.

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.