Books Quote by Mickey Spillane

I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.

— Clive Cussler

I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me.

— Tucker Max

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

— Sudha Murty

I read some older books when I worked at Barnes And Noble, like some of the American classics. I read a lot of Hemingway.…

— Bert Kreischer

I hated Hemingway. I liked Faulkner but he was a bore.

— Truman Capote

“Carol would not be a bad one to [settle down] with. She's pretty and bright, and maybe this is what love is. She's good…

— John Dunning

In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say…

— John Grisham

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell him a…

— Christopher Morley

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel…

— John Grisham

I don't like it when I see my books sold cheaply.

— Philip Pullman

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

— Wayne Dyer

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.

— Elmore Leonard