Publishing Quotes

329 quotes by 273 authors

When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that… — Alan Garner
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point… — Richard North Patterson
I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something,… — Flannery O'Connor
Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first,… — Greg Egan
Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I was a teenager:… — Hugh Hefner
We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting television signals, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It… — Rupert Murdoch
Yelling is a form of publishing — Margaret Atwood
It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had. — Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife… — Leonard Cohen
I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free… — Steven Curtis Chapman
You canÂ buy attention (advertising). You canÂ beg for attention from the media (PR). You canÂ bug people one at a time to get attention… — David Meerman Scott
Yoshihiro Togashi here. I'm back doing a weekly serial, and here I am publishing my first volume already. Thanks to all my readers for their… — Yoshihiro Togashi
I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't… — Kenneth Anger
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I… — J D Salinger
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get… — Anne McCaffrey
My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order.… — Dorothea Benton Frank
There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour. — Gerald Petievich
With iPad publishing, you can try new things, experiment, and even launch new magazines without the massive risk normally associated with print publishing. The future… — Scott Kelby
Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy… — Maureen Corrigan
No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and… — John Peter Zenger

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