I think Quote by Nick Hornby

I read Write More, Sell More a few years ago and loved it.

— Steve Slaunwhite

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

— Mark Helprin

I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me.

— Anthony Burgess

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize…

— Sharon Creech

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein

I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

— George Bernard Shaw

I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the authority to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

— George Murray

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

— Kevin J. Anderson

My literary success meant nothing to me

— Taylor Caldwell