Amount Quote by Steve Vai

I've been asked to write a book several times; I've had several publishers come to me and offer me book deals. Especially right after…

— Mike Portnoy

I suppose I reached the limit of what I could do with nonfiction books, perhaps because they never felt quite intense enough - it's…

— Lawrence Osborne

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings…

— Robert Hunter

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade…

— Ian Frazier

After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and…

— Jonathan Evison

I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting…

— Viggo Mortensen

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no…

— Peter Carey

Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange, but I…

— Chris Kyle

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

— Isabel Allende

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message.

— Les Parrott

I firmly believe as an author you have to go out in life and hear the stories of people. In pubs in the UK…

— Charles Todd

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write,…

— Anonymous