After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.
I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book.
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.
I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity, meaning I had written a really obnoxious book and nobody expected me to be anyone that I wasn't already.
'Legends Walking' was the first of my books to go to a second printing based on strong initial orders, but much of that printing never found its audience.
B is for bestseller.
I want to write a best-selling book.
My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.
