Cathedrals Quote by Alan Garner

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break…

— Jim C. Hines

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

— Sarah Dessen

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life…

— Jon Pardi

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are reading, I…

— Sandra Cisneros

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

— Marguerite Young

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.

— James Frey

I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle…

— Brad Listi

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!

— Tanith Lee

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong