Care Quote by William Zinsser

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

— Diana Gabaldon

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles…

— Erle Stanley Gardner

If success in selling is my primary interest, I am not primarily a writer, but a salesperson. If I teach success in selling as…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

If you can write (and don't kid yourself that you can, if you can't) and you have ideas that are commercially viable and will…

— Joel McIver

Teaching other people to write is not something I can do. The only kind of advice I can give them will be trite by…

— Margaret Atwood

My book sales make 'real writers' possible.

— Jennifer Weiner

Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write…

— Jeff Abbott

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

— Anonymous

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

— Ann Patchett

We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and…

— Dave Ramsey

When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should 'teach writing,' which I have no idea how to do and…

— Anne Carson