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title: "14 Publishing World Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Publishing World quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Publishing World sayings and thoughts."
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> [The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-desai/the-publishing-world-is-very-timid-readers-are-much-braver/)

[Kiran Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-desai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/kiran-desai-11507_books_the-publishing-world-is-very-timid-reade_1087394.jpg)

> [I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-r-lansdale/i-ve-never-liked-the-publishing-world-s-determination-to-pigeonhole/)

[Joe R. Lansdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-r-lansdale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/joe-r-lansdale-3119_determination_i-ve-never-liked-the-publishing-world-s_1242255.png)

> [My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/my-grief-is-that-the-publishing-world-the-book-writing-world-is-an/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/v-s-naipaul-3828_book_my-grief-is-that-the-publishing-world-th_1785795.png)

> [“The Christian publishing world has embraced the safe over the good”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/the-christian-publishing-world-has-embraced-the-safe-over-the-good/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/j-mark-bertrand-51277_christianity_the-christian-publishing-world-has-embra_629939.jpg)

> [The publishing world has been very slow to adapt to the digital world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-calloway/the-publishing-world-has-been-very-slow-to-adapt-to-the-digital-world/)

[Caroline Calloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-calloway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/caroline-calloway-21804_adapt_the-publishing-world-has-been-very-slow_1195887.jpg)

> [When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-desai/when-i-was-growing-up-the-publishing-world-seemed-so-far-away-when-my/)

[Kiran Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-desai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/kiran-desai-11507_addresses_when-i-was-growing-up-the-publishing-wor_133654.jpg)

> [In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/in-the-publishing-world-most-editors-are-probably-women-so-i-don-t/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/emma-donoghue-1499_editors_in-the-publishing-world-most-editors-are_900876.png)

> [It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/it-s-my-belief-that-you-should-never-show-your-work-to-anyone-in-the/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/patrick-rothfuss-145_belief_it-s-my-belief-that-you-should-never-sho_2750527.jpg)

> [I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/i-have-students-that-i-tell-if-your-book-doesn-t-sell-or-you-can-t/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/natalie-goldberg-1741_agents_i-have-students-that-i-tell-if-your-book_1933479.jpg)

> [I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/i-saw-that-publishing-all-over-the-world-was-deeply-constrained-by/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/julian-assange-1566_about_i-saw-that-publishing-all-over-the-world_1473593.jpg)

> [I've been dreaming about having a press forever, like the '90s. I've always known so many great writers who aren't as connected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-tea/i-ve-been-dreaming-about-having-a-press-forever-like-the-90s-i-ve/)

[Michelle Tea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-tea/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/michelle-tea-16727_bigs_i-ve-been-dreaming-about-having-a-press_1755634.png)

> [You know how some people are upwardly mobile? I'm sort of downwardly mobile in the publishing world, because of my sales figures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/you-know-how-some-people-are-upwardly-mobile-i-m-sort-of-downwardly/)

[Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/lynne-tillman-5609_book_you-know-how-some-people-are-upwardly-mo_1193538.png)

> [The Thieves of Manhattan is a sly and cutting riff on the book-publishing world that is quite funny unless you happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/the-thieves-of-manhattan-is-a-sly-and-cutting-riff-on-the-book/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/carl-hiaasen-2926_book_the-thieves-of-manhattan-is-a-sly-and-cu_2290760.jpg)

> [I know that 'The Accident' is not a completely accurate reflection of the reality of the book publishing world, which, like nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pavone/i-know-that-the-accident-is-not-a-completely-accurate-reflection-of/)

[Chris Pavone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pavone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/chris-pavone-3124_accident_i-know-that-the-accident-is-not-a-comple_2596652.png)

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