If it so happened that I had once written a best-seller, this was a pure accident, due to inattention and naivete, and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
My father didn't want to go to Manhattan for me, and I came to Manhattan and I have done a great job… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
The Apple iPad is not going to be the company's next runaway best seller. Not if the industry can help it... With… — John C. Dvorak Copy Share Image
It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
Ironically, white America will catapult books about race to the top of the best-seller list, even as racism remains a national open… — Marita Golden Copy Share Image
Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather,… — Melissa Scott Copy Share Image
My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Like many popular best-sellers, he was a very sad and solemn man who took himself too seriously and his art not seriously… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
The White Queen in many ways it is representative of the sort of drama that I'm talking about. The books by Philippa… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren't. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish,… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
“The ragged curtains were reaching out across the room and the foot of the bed was soaked with rain. She got up… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years… — Cary Sherman Copy Share Image
I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
None of my books are best-sellers. In fact, the only thing that's kept me alive is the books that are in paperback.… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
“Hacks are killing our national literary culture. America treats best-sellers like literary lions and literary lions worse than stray dogs.” — David B. Lentz Copy Share Image
One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
No one can write a best-seller by taking thought. The slightest touch of insincerity blurs its appeal. The writer who keeps his… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a best-seller - my other dream would be to have a painting in… — David Niven Copy Share Image
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