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I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black…

— George Pelecanos

Diverse audiences can be just as misled as homogenous audiences.

— Howard Zinn

I mean, casting gender non-conforming people in campaigns and editorials and on covers of magazines is a risk for any business because there's going…

— Violet Chachki

I've not been discriminated against, but I can see it happen. And not just race but gender and sexuality, too. It's stereotyping, lazy casting,…

— Georgina Campbell

It's not about just diversity; it's about authenticity. Audiences are really excited to see more of themselves on the screen.

— Channing Dungey

I believe that if we want to change our industry we must look beyond what we see on our TV screens and fix the…

— Lenny Henry

We need to educate our audience. It's so important to have diversity. Let's not fear different voices.

— Du Yun

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

— Robert Gottlieb

“For publishers are not just employers and financial risk-takers: they are also cultural mediators and arbitrators of quality and taste.”

— John B. Thompson

The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put on the…

— Sara Sheridan

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

— Emma Donoghue