Posterity Quote by George Ade

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker

“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty by their…

— Reed Farrel Coleman

“Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

“I don’t want to be one of those writers a publisher will publish just to make a buck. I want to be a writer…

— Steven Lloyd

“I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.”

— Ryan Lilly

“Writing may be a solitary endeavor, but publishing is not.”

— Natasha Yim

“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by actually being…

— Colin Bateman

“And if publishers are too skittish to bite—sell it as goddamn fiction. Make yourself the author and change the names if necessary. Do whatever…

— Joshua V. Scher

“Authors write, readers read, money talks.”

— Toba Beta

“Writing is about you. Publishing is about the book. Marketing is about the reader.”

— Sean Platt

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

— Greg Curtis

“He was universally charming, as only a writer in pursuit of a publisher can be.”

— Stacy Schiff