Manuscript Quotes
106 quotes by 95 authors
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There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read…
— Mark Twain
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He loved a book because it was a book; he loved its odor, its form, its title. What he loved in a manuscript was its…
— Gustave Flaubert
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Edward and I had not had a last grand scene of farewell, nor did I plan one. To speak the word was to make it…
— Stephenie Meyer
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Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested, unobserved,…
— Deborah Harkness
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This was a manuscript of the night we couldn’t read.
— Jack Kerouac
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The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being…
— Kathryn Stockett
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Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oÆ’ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is…
— Unknown Author
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This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of the studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas all…
— Jane Yolen
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you…
— Paulo Coelho
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She praised his book and he embraced her from gratitude rather than lust, but she didn't let go. Neither did he. She kissed his cheek,…
— Anthony Marra
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Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three.
— Heather Brooke
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Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen…
— Terry Pratchett
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I can almost always read a new manuscript overnight.
— Robert Gottlieb
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If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into the real world…
— Steven Pressfield
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One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a…
— Marilyn Nelson
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In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It took me a…
— Virginia Henley
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I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder or…
— Paul Taylor
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Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.
— Bruce Jackson
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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is…
— Ring Lardner
Who Wrote These Manuscript Quotes
95 authors contributed a total of 106 Manuscript Quotes, led by these top contributors: