Cherished Quote by A. J. Liebling

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

— Roger Chamberlain

In those days, there was no money to buy books.

— Ernest Hemingway

Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.

— Willa Cather

As a publisher, you have no direct relationship with advertisers.

— Jason Calacanis

There is no money in writing.

— Soupy Sales

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

— Peter Sotos

Real poverty is lack of books.

— Sidonie Gabrielle

Most people do not pay attention to the publisher's imprint on a given book.

— Michelle Dean

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Good publishers – as one former publisher aptly put it – are market-makers in a world where it is attention, not content, that is scarce.

— Anonymous

Selling an idea to a publisher is not as valuable as selling your audience to a publisher.

— Sarah Cooper