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title: "11 Writing Publishing Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-frey/being-a-writer-now-is-about-so-much-more-than-writing-there-s/)

[James Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-frey/)

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> [I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-zambreno/i-think-that-writing-and-publishing-are-different-i-think-i-will/)

[Kate Zambreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-zambreno/)

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> [“Again, the opportunity has come to start off with our best. Make sure all the 365 pages of your book are worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaushal-yadav/again-the-opportunity-has-come-to-start-off-with-our-best-make-sure/)

[Kaushal Yadav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaushal-yadav/)

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> [“Writing is about you. Publishing is about the book. Marketing is about the reader.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-platt/writing-is-about-you-publishing-is-about-the-book-marketing-is-about/)

[Sean Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-platt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/sean-platt-9431_book_writing-is-about-you-publishing-is-about_2428015.jpg)

> [My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-anderson/my-wife-and-i-are-involved-in-writing-publishing-promotion-twenty/)

[Kevin J. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-anderson/)

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> [With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-baumann/with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim-is-to-live-in-the-aesthetic/)

[Ken Baumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-baumann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/ken-baumann-36272_aesthetic_with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim_176674.png)

> [If writing and publishing a book is like giving birth to a child, then book marketing is like rearing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-hart/if-writing-and-publishing-a-book-is-like-giving-birth-to-a-child-then/)

[Heather Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-hart/)

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> [If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself-into-the-writing-there-will-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/anonymous-1_about_if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself_1403273.jpg)

> [One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-swift/one-of-the-things-that-probably-drew-me-to-writing-was-that-it-was/)

[Graham Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-swift/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/graham-swift-8547_activity_one-of-the-things-that-probably-drew-me_2367894.jpg)

> [If what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/if-what-we-want-to-do-is-promote-reading-and-writing-and-publishing/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ann-patchett-670_art_if-what-we-want-to-do-is-promote-reading_439372.jpg)

> [Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-s-beagle/writing-has-nothing-to-do-with-publishing-nothing-people-get-totally/)

[Peter S. Beagle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-s-beagle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/peter-s-beagle-1665_confused_writing-has-nothing-to-do-with-publishin_1425290.png)

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