To get there after one week on any book is remarkable, but to do this on a book that has an $8 million advance is Nirvana. There are a lot of [envious] publishers today. I wish we raised our bid.


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I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally boun...
LAURENCE STERNE
When I say "work" I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.
MARGARET LAURENCE
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem...
LAURENCE BINYON
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one
LAURENCE STERNE
The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more fre...
LAURENCE GONZALES
We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little t...
LAURENCE COSSé
Bless me or not, Lord, just as You please, for I'll not beg.
MARGARET LAURENCE
We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath.
LAURENCE BINYON
Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity. It is up to us, as adults, to see that they...
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
What goes on inside isn't ever the same as what goes on outside.
MARGARET LAURENCE
Being good or being evil is not something that is inherent in our nature over which we have no contr...
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
I started writing at the age of seventeen because I had a teacher in high school who said that we ha...
LAURENCE YEP
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no ...
LAURENCE STERNE
By the deficits we may know the talents, by the exceptions we may know the rules, by studying pathol...
LAURENCE MILLER
When the chairman made his recommendation at the start of the go-round, the game was up, it was over...
LAURENCE MEYER
I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't...
MARGARET LAURENCE
The Committee continues to see the removal of accommodation as the focus of policy and has given no ...
LAURENCE MEYER
We are pleased to finally reach an agreement on major remedies to deal with major water pollution pr...
LAURENCE LAU
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't s...
LAURENCE FISHBURNE
I'm a very good packer, but I probably take too much in the way of toiletries. You only really n...
LAURENCE FOX
'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt ...
LAURENCE OLIVIER
It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary t...
LAURENCE HOUSMAN
Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms...
LAURENCE OLIVIER
Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find your...
LAURENCE GONZALES
Fantasy, myth, legend, truth - all are intertwined in the story that is Scotland.
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
Do I think the shareholders are in a better position today than yesterday? Yes.
LAURENCE PETTIT
The reason that kids take chances when they drive is not because they're ignorant. It's because othe...
LAURENCE STEINBERG
The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public...
LAURENCE STEINBERG
Life without parole for kids presumes that they can't be changed.
LAURENCE STEINBERG
The older you are, the more hours you can withstand without seeing harmful effects. But generally, n...
LAURENCE STEINBERG
We are not very good at looking at people when they are 16 and predicting what they will be like whe...
LAURENCE STEINBERG
If you have these four things, it doesn't matter what ethnic group you're from, you'll do well in sc...
LAURENCE STEINBERG
If they were to drink multiple glasses of this mixture or concoction, I think there'd be a potential...
LAURENCE SPERLING
Some of this benefit we see now may be a combination of our increased awareness of heart disease in ...
LAURENCE SPERLING
Mr. Knight doesn't have $107 million. It remains to be seen what becomes of Death Row.
LAURENCE STRICK
He has no choice, the way these people have forced his hand.
LAURENCE STRICK
He doesn't pull any punches. He tells the pastors what's on his heart.
LAURENCE WHITE
It's often said that there are countries where bribery is a way of life, and that's still the case.
LAURENCE URGENSON
This is an amazing and rare collection of Michael Jordan memorabilia that doesn't come along everyda...
LAURENCE TONEY
We're not trying to displace (offline sales); we're trying to offer another channel. Our goal is rea...
LAURENCE TONEY
I believe a pastor has an obligation to speak to the moral issues of the country on the basis of the...
LAURENCE WHITE
If you're having a Republican state convention, you want everybody there. This isn't that kind of me...
LAURENCE WHITE
The Internet means record companies have to fight a bit harder.
LAURENCE BELL
The extension of the contract demonstrates our strong confidence in the Chinese aviation market and ...
LAURENCE BARRON