“What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing. You gotta shake your tail feathers.”

“There's a traditional Kenyan prayer: "From the cowardice that dares not deal with new truth, from the laziness that is content with half-truth, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, Good Lord, deliver me.”

“The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.”

“Sell your book like a can of beans & your readers will place the same value on it.”

“You've got to shake your fists at lightning now, you've got to roar like forest fireYou've got to spread your light like blazes all across the skyThey're going to aim the hoses on you, show 'em you won't expireNot till you burn up every passion, not even when you dieCome on now, you've got to try, if you're feeling contempt, well then you tell itIf you're tired of the silent night, Jesus, well then you yell itCondemned to wires and hammers, strike every chord that you feelThat broken trees and elephant ivories conceal”

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”

“Word of mouth sells books. Want to sell more books, learn to write better!”