95 Quotes by M. J. Rose

PR and marketing doesn't sell books. It gets attention for them. It sends readers to bookstores and websites to read a few pages.

'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.

Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.

Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.

Nora Roberts, Stephen King, Lee Child and George R. R. Martin write wildly different books. Their writing, plotting and styles have little or nothing in common. But they all write books and characters that readers find appealing.

The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.

The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.

A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.