Books Quote by Sarra Manning

Eighty percent of all novels are bought by women, or so I've heard.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“Just because the book has sex in it doesn’t mean women are only reading it for the sexy bits.”

— Jenny Trout

“I have female friends that get mails from publishers that read 'Hey. I heard you write about sex. This is a very popular topic…

— Martinus Hendrikus Benders

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

— Kate Zambreno

“We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all…

— NisiOisiN

“Everyone carries a story which can be a best selling novel, it’s just a matter of penning down your feelings on papers.”

— Sohil Ashvin Shah

I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels…

— Anne Bronte

“Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.”

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

I struggle with the fact that men's popular fiction is talked about differently. Books like mine don't get as many reviews and probably won't…

— Jennifer Weiner

Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have…

— Lisa Jewell

Obviously, there are those in the industry who don't give romance novels the level of respect the sales would warrant. They'll talk about a…

— Sylvia Day

Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant.

— Margaret Atwood