About Quote by Linda Ronstadt

I've been asked to write a book several times; I've had several publishers come to me and offer me book deals. Especially right after…

— Mike Portnoy

I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn't know at the time that the book would…

— Stephanie Land

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

— Louise Brown

I don't sign contracts for my books.

— Andrew Vachss

I have one very bad experience with a U.K. publisher, who gave it out to be understood that she wanted to publish my book…

— Neel Mukherjee

Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was…

— George R. R. Martin

It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of their profile,…

— Carole Radziwill

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

— Michael Connelly

I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want…

— Richard Curtis

When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in…

— Steven Pressfield

Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.

— Anne Bernays

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never…

— Catherine Deneuve