“At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my b...” — Richard Paul Evans Quote

“At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.”

“The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.”

“So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional.”

“As a small kid, I came across things like these early Edward Gorey books in department-store bookstores. These were these really unusual objects to me. I didn't know how they fit into the comic world or into newspaper comics.”

“It's hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores.”

“There's a whole line of critique about Amazon that's culture-based, about how they're wrecking the experience of bookstores. I personally am less focused on that element.”