Sales of the novel are steadily increasing 52 years after its release, and there are rumors of a mini-series based on the work. The novel espouses extreme individualism within an absolutist view. Fans of the book acknowledge its language is confrontational and intolerant, and Brink Lindsey of the Cato Institute said it 'it pushes free-market supporters toward a purist, radical vision that undermines their capacity to get anything done.' [2]

With a visa extension, Rand moved to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her first job in Los Angeles was working as a movie extra, and later found herself as a script reader. By 1932, Rand sold her first screenplay.

She completed her first novel, We the Living, in 1934. In 1935, Rand wrote The Fountainhead, and by 1943, the book became a best seller.The Ayn Rand Institute: A Brief Biography of Ayn Rand

"Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins." Excerpt from Atlas ShruggedThe Ayn Rand Institute: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

"Why don't you hold to the purpose of your life as clearly and rigidly as you hold to the purpose of your mills?" Excerpt from Atlas ShruggedNoble Soul: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand