“If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.” IfsWantedJobsSafeToughSellsShoes Author:Chuck Hagel
“I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do makes it a lot easier to work, every day, to face the tough spots and heel in for the long haul. Nothing against plans; they work for some people. But for me, if I'd been planning, worrying about numbers, trying to micro-manage my career, I wouldn't have focused on the writing. If you don't write, you're not read. If you're not read, you don't sell. So that's my Master Plan, I guess. Write the books, let the agent agent, the editor edit, the publisher publish.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingLongBookFacesNumbersCareersWorryPlansMastersEasierToughSellsFocusedPlanningManageSpotsAgentsEditorsHeelsPublishersPublishEditsHaulLong HaulLoving What You Do Author:Nora Roberts
“If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.” IfsShouldLittlesArtistMillionsFiveToughSellsAlbumsTendencies Author:Joe Nichols
“Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.” ValuesDifficultWorstToughSellsInvestingDifficult Things Author:Walter Schloss
“I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be turned away. Not everything is a winner, which is tough when you've devoted eight or nine months of your life to something.” WayMadeBookMonthsToughSellsEightNineAgentsMade ItWinnerEditorsDevotedRejectedNine Months Author:Sarah Dessen
“Most of my work is very temporary, very provisional. You can take it with you or you can leave it. Which is a tough sell for art. Because part of what art is supposed to do is make you immortal, either by making it or owning it.” ArtArt IsToughSellsImmortalTemporaryOwning It Author:Jack Pierson