#seller

I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#humorous-comebacks #inflation #sarcasm #seller #humor

Once you’ve read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe. ↗

— Jessica Zafra

#books #fact #substance #truth #witty

My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#absolutely #another #broad #find #genius

The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time. ↗

— Harold Acton

#autobiographies #best #biographies #decades #fiction

I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#any #book #booksellers #com #cost

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#best-seller #book #selling #sold #somehow

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination

Jerry and I hoped that it would be a popular bestseller. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#hoped #i #jerry #popular #would

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#accepted #away #became #bestseller #book

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#golden #mediocre #talent #touch