Book Quote by David Shapiro

If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.

— Janet Evanovich

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

— Ann Patchett

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

— Jay Asher

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 knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about Sam Houston's…

— Elizabeth Crook

My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.

— Maria Semple

I cry at the end of every book.

— Hunter Parrish

I like to write and that's why I write. I don't think about how much the book will sell.

— Sudha Murty

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

— Leon Uris

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

— George Stephen

If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in…

— Simon Sinek

I've been asked to write a book several times; I've had several publishers come to me and offer me book deals. Especially right after…

— Mike Portnoy