Actually Quote by William Peter Blatty

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made…

— Bernard Cornwell

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

The only reason anybody bought your book in the first place is because they were hoping you would DIE at the end of it!

— Chris Jericho

The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would end up…

— J. K. Rowling

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

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

— George Stephen

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

— Larry Hagman

You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book I ever…

— Leigh Bardugo

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another…

— George R. R. Martin

If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.

— James Ellroy

It was something I never expected to - I never expected the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a…

— Harper Lee

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