The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.
Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.
I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.
The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.
I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.