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I work very hard every day not to have a lot of expectations. You just let go of the results, because a book will be on bookshelves and in libraries long after we're gone, and, in some ways, whatever happens is none of our business.

— Bill Clegg

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is always a challenge to work when people have big expectations. I would much rather feel comfortable working without expectations.

— Dilip Shanghvi

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

— Sarah Waters

As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.

— Kajol

I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to use what you've worked on that day, it has taught you something and you'll be amazed when you might come back to it and use it again.

— Eoin Colfer

I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

— Chris Van Allsburg

Every single thing you do, you don't really have expectations.

— Alexandra Daddario

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

— David Macaulay

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

— Tama Janowitz

✗Opposing Perspectives

You work hard and you have expectations. So I'm living my expectations right now.

— Jenni Rivera

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.

— Ken Thompson