Agent Quote by Bebe Moore Campbell

I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal)…

— Charles Stross

My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest…

— Daniel Handler

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of…

— Anne Lamott

You have to tell a story before you can sell a story.

— Beth Comstock

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I…

— Sarah Dessen

I sold my first story when I was 21 in 1973.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.

— Barbara Corcoran

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound On The…

— Vera Nazarian

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles…

— Erle Stanley Gardner

Who has ownership over stories these days?

— Rutina Wesley

After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was nice enough…

— Patrick Rothfuss