Larry Kirshbaum Quotes

I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

I will write a couple of books and become a millionaire.

Every time I had a book come out, I'm like, 'Is it going to be number one?'

When I was about 14, in about 1984, I decided to become a great poet. Faber & Faber was going to publish me, and when Ted Hughes read my first anthology he would invite me to Yorkshire for meat pies and mentorship.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?

Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.

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.

This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

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

My position as the best-selling author at E! is secure - unless Salman Rushdie develops a show with them.

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

Probably because I really love this bookmaking and storytelling world, I'd been thinking for years about the possibility of becoming a literary agent.

I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them.

When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.

I wrote a novel, Ghost Road Rules, and as soon as it was done and polished, I began reaching out to agents. I ignored the frequent advice to 'shoot low and try for a low-level agent because they're the only ones that will take a flyer on a new author.' That sounded like bad advice to me.

A friend of mine suddenly announced she had written a novel and got a publishing deal; I thought, 'Hang on... if she can do it, I can bloody well do it, too.' That novel went to a bidding war, and went on to be a huge best-seller.

There are those who write because they believe they have something so marvelous that it will make them famous and wealthy, a lauded commodity who will be invited to a lifetime of cocktail parties.