"That wasn't a bad price for a first……" — Patricia Highsmith
"That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment"
More Agent Quotes
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to… — John Ashcroft
- My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I… — Jensen Ackles
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. — Walter Bagehot
- The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell… — Henry Adams
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. — John Adams
- I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do… — David Bowie
- I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. — David Byrne
- I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good… — Giacomo Casanova
- My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started… — Helena Bonham Carter
- I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right… — Helena Bonham Carter
- A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better. — Fred Allen