Publishers Quotes

180 quotes by 159 authors

The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with… — John Banville
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. — George Ade
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each… — Robert Benchley
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the… — Louise Brown
When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people… — Luke Bryan
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to… — Bill Bryson
Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I… — Barbara Bush
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be… — Lee Child
Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book. — Paulo Coelho
What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit. — Piers Anthony
As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad;… — Piers Anthony
I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of… — Piers Anthony
Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers. — Erik Qualman
Advice from this elderly practitioner is to forget publishers and just roll a sheet of copy paper into your machine and get lost in your… — Elwyn Brooks White
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you. — P.D. James
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents, the… — Doris Lessing
Publishers are thieves, they are on the other side of the barricade. — Paul Bowles
Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not. — J.A. Konrath

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