Book Quote by James W. Loewen

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even…

— James W. Loewen

According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or even the Bible.

— Maureen Corrigan

There is nothing wrong with wanting to publish - or read - books that have a wide potential audience. But it does generate a…

— Michelle Dean

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry…

— Stephen King

Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time and effort…

— Dan Poynter

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher…

— Greg Egan

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

I think people need to remember that a book isn't done after a few rewrites and a publisher isn't going to buy an 'undone'…

— Jacqueline Woodson

America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think…

— A. S. Byatt

You can't write a book and just expect it to sell itself, you know. We're not building that better mousetrap and waiting for the…

— Larry Winget

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

In America there's a tendency to write the same book over and over because that's what sells. So in a way, my success in…

— Steven Tyler