Agency Quote by David Ogilvy

People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter.

— David Droga

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of…

— Laura Miller

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon

Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.

— Anne Bernays

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

— Stephen Sondheim

“A copywriter is a combination of a professional advertising engineer and a salesman.”

— Jason Goldberg

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I…

— Sarah Dessen

Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard…

— Sue Grafton

If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked…

— Ann M. Martin

Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they want to…

— N. K. Jemisin

“All aspiring writers say these things: "I will not compromise and write a best seller!"—as if they could! There may be a few totally…

— May Sarton