Bits Quote by Jane Mayer

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

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

— William Peter Blatty

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 like to write and that's why I write. I don't think about how much the book will sell.

— Sudha Murty

If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it…

— John Tesh

Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need to be…

— Tess Gerritsen

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

— Muhammad Ali

You can buy a book new, buy it in hardback or wait for the paperback, find it used or as a collectible. I don't…

— Neil Gaiman

I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a…

— Lewis Carroll

I considered writing a book too, but I think people don't like to read, to be honest - they want to watch. People want…

— Frida Farrell

If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in…

— Simon Sinek