Book Quote by Harper Lee

It was something I never expected to - I never expected the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a…

— Harper Lee

The only reason anybody bought your book in the first place is because they were hoping you would DIE at the end of it!

— Chris Jericho

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in…

— Augusten Burroughs

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

— Maria Semple

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be stampeded into…

— Madison Grant

You always hope a book's going to be a success. I don't think I've ever written a book thinking, 'This will be bad and…

— Ryan North

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 didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

— Larry Hagman

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made…

— Bernard Cornwell

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'

— Doris Lessing

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another…

— George R. R. Martin