The Bestseller Quotes

“A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. —Margaret Atwood”
― Olivia Goldsmith, The Bestseller

“You have to sink way down to a level of hopelessness and desperation to find the book that you can write. —Susan Sontag”
― Olivia Goldsmith, The Bestseller

“It wasn’t an alternative to experience, or an escape from it. Not if you did it right. Reading was the only way we could transcend our own experience and deeply engage in that of another’s.”
― Olivia Goldsmith, The Bestseller

“Critics are eager to discover a new voice. For some reason they're just as eager to be disappointed by a second novel.”
― Olivia Goldsmith, The Bestseller