Book Quote by Harper Lee

I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of…

— Harper Lee

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

— Larry Hagman

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 dont know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent Im hoping that…

— Christopher Darden

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.

— William Peter Blatty

I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that…

— Christopher Darden

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

— Maria Semple

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 main disappointment was always that a book had to end. And then what? But I don't think I was ever disappointed by the…

— Eudora Welty

It was amazing to me then, and still is, that so many people who wander into bookshops don't really know what they're after--they only…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

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