Bestseller Quotes

38 quotes by 37 authors

There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. — Flannery O'Connor
This week Sarah Palin's memoir became a bestseller. It's not even out yet. It's being translated into English. — Bill Maher
Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York… — Terry Brooks
Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive)… — John McGahern
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right… — Jackie Collins
When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The… — Peter D. Kramer
Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write… — Tamora Pierce
Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books donâ€™t sell a lot. But… — Po Bronson
You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller… — Anthony Horowitz
Jerry and I hoped that it would be a popular bestseller. — Tim LaHaye
A bestseller is a book that non-book buyers buy — Toni Morrison
I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list!… — Lori Greiner
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto… — Joan D. Vinge
They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest to… — Manil Suri
If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make… — Jennifer Weiner
I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office! — Matthew Lesko
The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books… — Fran Tarkenton
You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each… — Anne Rice
When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the… — Dave Eggers
My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national… — Tim Cahill

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