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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

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've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books.