I do think a
I do think a good story in a novel is fair game and there’s nothing wrong with adapting that. It sometimes gets a bit facile where they think: Let’s get the next best-seller and see if we can turn it into a film. Colin Firth
Best Sellers
The White Queen in
The White Queen in many ways it is representative of the sort of drama that I’m talking about. The books by Philippa Gregory were best sellers and they specifically told the story of history from the point of view of women. Colin Callender
By the respectable terms
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist among the irrefutably enduring writers of our time than Ayn Rand: philosopher queen of the best-seller lists in the forties and fifties, cult phenomenon and nationally declared threat to public … Read more
When Gwyneth Paltrow wore
When Gwyneth Paltrow wore a dress of ours, that was probably our number one best seller besides when the lovely Mrs. [Michelle] Obama wore our dress. Christian Siriano
10 years ago [in
10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach … Read more
If I can hit
If I can hit No. 1 on the ‘New York Times’ best-seller list, I’m thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous. Camilla Lackberg
The measure of a
The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years his books remain in print after his death. Cal Thomas
Homer must have felt
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved his previous best-seller. Anne Carson
Some books and authors
Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren’t. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish, but in all honesty, it’s harder to be a best seller self-publishing than it is with a house. Amanda Hocking
It is possible to
It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts the very few who, at any given moment, succeed in seizing power. Marx and Sorel have been influential in the modern world, not so much because they were best-sellers (Sorel … Read more