Avenged sevenfold Quote by Mike Portnoy

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

I got a couple of different contacts from publishing companies saying they'd be interested in a book about my work: not a kiss-and-tell book,…

— Linda Ronstadt

For a very long time, I thought everyone I met through the process of getting an agent and a publishing deal had made a…

— Lisa Jewell

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

— Buchi Emecheta

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

“Writing your book is not the end all of your strategy. It is a powerful catalyst that will push you to the top of…

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

With everything that's happened since I was exposed as a scammer, I can't lie, it's been good for business. Now I can sell my…

— Caroline Calloway

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade…

— Ian Frazier

I have represented people in book deals.

— Gloria Allred

My book sales make 'real writers' possible.

— Jennifer Weiner

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 got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

— Janice Dickinson