Asking Quote by Regina Brett

If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good or not…

— Jackie Collins

For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple 'em all…

— Michael Musto

For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no columns or…

— Lewis Grizzard

If you write a page a day in couple months you have a good chunk of the book and then after a year you…

— Ethan Canin

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of…

— Seth Godin

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

— Dana Spiotta

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

— Harrison Salisbury

A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars…

— Mordecai Richler

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

— Fred Allen

You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at…

— Alexander McCall Smith

You can't write a book and just expect it to sell itself, you know. We're not building that better mousetrap and waiting for the…

— Larry Winget