Book Quote by James Frey

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 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

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market.…

— Hilary Mantel

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems…

— Thomas Wolfe

. I used to advise writers to just write their books and it will find a home, and suddenly that didn't seem as certain.…

— Michelle Tea

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

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

After a while, if you're a writer, you want to start appearing in the bookstores of the place you're living in.

— Elliot Perlman

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of…

— John Lescroart

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been…

— Sara Sheridan

An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you…

— Ravi Subramanian