Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is possible to live well with dementia and write best-sellers 'like wot I do. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Ask yourself, what makes my book so different? So interesting? Don’t write to be a best seller. Write for and from your… — Leon Nacson 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
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
Once you’ve read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe. — Jessica Zafra 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
I wrote 'The Art of the Deal' and numerous other books. Some were number one best-sellers. I guess 'The Art of the… — Donald Trump 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
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
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
The best thing about doing a signing tour is that numbers become faces. I got to sign books for six or seven… — Neil Gaiman 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
If you take skinny jeans - skinny jeans didn't just happen in the US, they were happening in Japan, they were happening… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be… — Daniel J. Boorstin 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
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
“Instead of buying into that negative self-talk, state what you intend to invite into your life each day. Be as specific as… — Lisa Mininni Copy Share Image
However, unlike some of my friends and students, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think it is frightening to see… — Mohammad Marandi 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
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
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
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
Somehow, women's romance novels are not titled He Stopped When I Said "No". They are, though, titled Sweet Savage Love, in which… — Warren Farrell 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
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
It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List. — Abbie Hoffman 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
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
Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known… — Daniel J. Boorstin 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
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
Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The point is that if a book that had been published three years ago started to sell twice as many all of… — Terry Pratchett 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
![“I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.” quote by John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ddb/john-grisham-974_best-sellers_i-ve-sold-too-many-books-to-get-good-rev_731179.jpg)
![“10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach…” quote by Cary Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d4/cary-sherman-70415_albums_10-years-ago-in-2006-nearly-90-percent-o_649672.jpg)
![“Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New York Times best-seller list for five weeks. [One of the characters was] a singing asshole that does a duet with Connie Francis! Times have changed. That's mainstream, in a weird way.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ef0/john-waters-751_best-sellers_insider-can-be-more-ludicrous-how-did-i_2018014.jpg)
