Agents Quote by Anthony Burgess

“Agents don’t sell books, good writing does. Plotting and characterization are what interest an editor. Agents negotiate contracts, but they don’t sell books.”

— Debbie Macomber

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important decisions about…

— Chris Pavone

You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.

— Richard Curtis

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

— Anonymous

...book-buyers aren't attracted, by and large, by the literary merits of a novel: book-buyers want a good story...something that will first fascinate them, then…

— Stephen King

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.

— Jacqueline Carey

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

— Alexander Theroux

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to…

— John Hodgman

And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents,…

— Doris Lessing

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

— George Bernard Shaw

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and nearly always…

— Maria Lenhart