Book Quote by Justin Cartwright

I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a…

— Salman Rushdie

There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.

— Gerald Petievich

A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility.

— Alice McDermott

No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I happen to…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as…

— Leonard Nimoy

A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly…

— Ian Frazier

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.

— Jennifer Gilmore

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play…

— Anne Lamott

The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed. You spend all this time inside, alone,…

— Garance Dore

Book tours are excellent things, and one is lucky to get to go on one, but they have a way of leeching away one's…

— Lev Grossman

Book tours are super hard for me as a raging introvert. I love humanity, but actual humans are hard for me. So something like…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

— Michael Lewis