"Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money."

Previous Quote

I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.

— Ralph Lauren