Publishing Quotes

329 quotes by 270 authors

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with… — Jodi Picoult
Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. — Sylvia Plath
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. — Manuel Puig
'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise.… — Rick Riordan
The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. — Salman Rushdie
At the end of the 1950s, I started working at a publishing company, Estudios Cor, as production manager, so returning, but not as an author,… — Jose Saramago
I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying comics...… — Marjane Satrapi
The only proper suit-and-tie job I've had in my life was the two years in the late 1980s when I ran a small corporate publishing… — Will Self
Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. — Peter Shaffer
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. — Nicholas Sparks
In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high. — Jane Smiley
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. — Nicholas Sparks
I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world. — Mattie Stepanek
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are. — Alice Walker
Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation.… — Robert Winston
The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process,… — Naomi Wolf
Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man. — Felix Dennis
I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why… — Felix Dennis
Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future. — Tucker Max
The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't. — Tucker Max

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