Aside Quote by Jean M. Auel

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

— Richard Dawkins

There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.

— Virginia Woolf

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.

— Ian Mcewan

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

— Casey Kasem

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal…

— Dean Koontz

After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to the public…

— Charles Nodier

The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it…

— A. C. Benson

I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x with y…

— Will Self

I hear from readers a good deal, and I try to answer every letter. I think, because of my commitment to issues of conservation…

— Wendell Berry

Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own…

— Haruki Murakami

Letters are largely written to get things out of your system.

— John Dos Passos

Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.

— Alice B. Toklas