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Writers of literature make very little money.

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

I never expected to earn money out of writing. In fact, the idea of getting published was too bourgeois. Then, in England, I realised that writing a book was something you could do without it being laughable.

My experience is that books take on a life of their own and create their own energy. I've represented books that have been sold for very little money and gone on to great glory, and I've seen books sold for an enormous amount of money published to very little response.

I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.