Agents Quote by Patricia Highsmith

I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said…

— John Updike

“You can’t go wrong by pricing your book in the middle of the road ($4.99–$7.99 for ebooks and $12.99–$17.99 for paperbacks).”

— Honoree Corder

Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime…

— Harlan Coben

I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.

— Karin Slaughter

It used to be a lot easier to get a book deal.

— Patti Davis

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

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

— Kevin J. Anderson

When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story…

— Kenny Loggins

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

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

— George Stephen

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.

— William Peter Blatty

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

— A. E. van Vogt