Publishers Quotes · Page 3

What the short story needs above all is for one of the big publishers to get an equivalent series up and running…

— Nicholas Royle

That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk.

— Theodora Goss

There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling…

— Denise Mina

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got…

— Rose Macaulay

If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts?

— Dan Poynter

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars.

— Tony Ross

I think the screen size chosen for the iPad is perfect for publishers to render content beautifully, for games to be played.

— Mike McCue

The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we're constantly…

— Maria Rodale

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on…

— Alan Parsons

As part of my research for An Anthology of Authors' Atrocity Stories About Publishers, I conducted a study (employing my usual controls)…

— Calvin Trillin

The publishers, as I remember at the very beginning of my career, wrote letters with their fountain pens. A letter is different…

— James Salter

Do they [the publishers of Murphy] not understand that if the book is slightly obscure it is because it is a compression…

— Samuel Beckett

I was invited by a publisher to write the text for Tantra.[1] Having done some research, what fascinated me was the evidence…

— Indra Sinha

We all need each other in publishing to make publishing work for authors in a variety of formats now and in the…

— Robert Gottlieb

But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your…

— Lord Byron

Comics publishers are used to looking in a very, very narrow focused prism. It's like when I started writing 'X-Men.' Our 'meat…

— Chris Claremont

A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction…

— Mark Twain

The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: - Concentrated Power of the Big Press. - Passing of competition and the coming of…

— Max Lerner

The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the…

— Jon Weisman

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.…

— Raymond Chandler

Novels are completed when they are finished, but the memoir changes its own conclusion by virtue of being written... I was not…

— Nuala O'Faolain

In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure…

— Mark Waid

That's absolutely true, but one problem with the digital revolution, which may tie into what I said earlier, is that there can…

— William Monahan

But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published…

— Aaron Swartz

No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary…

— Oscar Wilde

Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A…

— Mary Doria Russell

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read,…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

— Gerard Way

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

— Charlotte Cotton

“When I finally find that one willing agent, I'll have found my prize in the Cracker Jack box.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I don't use the term 'miracle' lightly. I don't believe in God, or reincarnation, or destiny, or the Publishers' Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.

— Rick Reynolds

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

It's really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work.

— Eric Wight

For any leftover inventory, publishers must have a program to maximize the sale of a book.

— David Dunn

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

— Jackie Collins

I'm really interested in independent publishers and memes and mini comics. But even before that, I was interested in Japanese manga and…

— Toyin Odutola

As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.

— Stephen Kinzer

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an…

— Lee Child