Raina Telgemeier Quotes

Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going to bolster the old releases.

I don't know where everything is going, but I'm pretty confident that people like books - the objects. So I'm going to go on that -they're not going to disappear.

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.

When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print.

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish.

There's so much published by so many different publishers. Most of the time, I don't have to confront that, but walking into a conference center filled with books - and people buying them or not buying them, being interested or not interested in them - that's just overwhelming to me now.

Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit.

When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless.

The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.

The newest books are those that never grow old.

'Wingnuts' is the first book bearing the imprint of Beast Books.

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

If you're the Rolling Stones, you can sing 'Start Me Up' for 35 years, and people still cheer.

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

There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.

I feel luck plays a vey crucial role in determining the success of the book. Marketing a book is also very important. You need to try all tricks in the trade.

I think there's a difference between having a bestselling book - meaning through marketing, PR and buying that first wave of customers - and writing a bestselling book. The second implies that the product propels itself to the best seller list.

To me, part of the magic of this era is that the very same innovations, discoveries, and technologies that are allowing us to live longer, healthier lives are also creating a healthier economy.

Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books.

You're too busy writing the next book to worry about Googling yourself all the time.

I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought I was living the dream, because I had a book out.

People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching.

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.