Books Quote by Jasper Fforde

There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.

— Jasper Fforde

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

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates…

— John Green

A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author…

— Cass Canfield

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

“If you are working with authors, you are accepting a great responsibility and must tread very carefully. The author's work is a part of…

— Terena Scott

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

— Len Wein

When I got my first publishing deal, I felt some responsibility to try to write with the people that they were asking me to…

— Paolo Nutini

There's a contract that I make between myself, the author, and the reader. I have to figure out how to give the reader certain…

— Toni Morrison

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

— Louise Brown

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

— Sarah Dessen

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day