Book Quote by Mary Matalin

“All aspiring writers say these things: "I will not compromise and write a best seller!"—as if they could! There may be a few totally…

— May Sarton

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

— Jay Asher

I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.

— Wayne Dyer

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

— Sudha Murty

For many writers, selling a book is the ultimate dream.

— Rebecca Serle

You can't write a book and just expect it to sell itself, you know. We're not building that better mousetrap and waiting for the…

— Larry Winget

My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name is Irish…

— Colm Toibin

“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be stilled save…

— Robertson Davies

I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.

— Mark Helprin

“Bookselling is like prostitution, you sell your wares, you close your eyes, and you never fall in love with the clients. You also keep…

— Colin Bateman

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

— Ann Patchett

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write,…

— Anonymous