Able Quote by David Baldacci

If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there.…

— Larry Wilmore

What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being…

— Manning Marable

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do…

— Rose Macaulay

The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for…

— Mark Twain

I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we reckon only…

— John Gimlette

The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout…

— John Banville

This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years…

— Paul Kane

Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were…

— Gil Kane

I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book…

— Oprah Winfrey

My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and…

— Sara Zarr

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as…

— Richard Curtis