Books Quote by Francine Prose

“It doesn't matter how many copies of my book I sell. The important thing is that the person reading it likes it.”

— Jennifer Raygoza

“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing”

— Anonymous

“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty by their…

— Reed Farrel Coleman

“But mama it’s hard to read books these days. The world has gone digital. Print books are almost burden-some. The volume, of some, alone…

— S. A. David

“You can print a book, unfortunately you can’t print the audience”

— Benny Bellamacina

“It had a crisp paper jacket, unlike the paper-covered library books I was used to, and the way the pages parted, I could tell…

— Allison Hoover Bartlett

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker

“A printing press that can write its own books? A mind that thinks about itself? If I don’t have it, at least the King…

— Hilary Mantel

“Books which are books are all that you want, and there are but half a dozen in any thousand.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Sell a million books - Very nice... Release a best seller - Amazing... Your book just makes one person smile, laugh or happy -…

— Jimmy Perrin

“‎"Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I'd be stuck on Sundays…

— Randy Susan Meyers

“Ask a book publisher how many copies a book has sold, and he or she, presuming you’re not the author, will probably try to…

— Michael Korda