Needs Quote by Greg Egan

I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional…

— Ian Rankin

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

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…

— Anne McCaffrey

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.

— James Frey

Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.

— Michael Dirda

I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with…

— Viola Davis

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

— Micah Perks

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener

To make anything successful, you need a good writer.

— Paresh Rawal

Getting published was like God stamping you 'acceptable,' and all of a sudden you can start writing for other places.

— Steven Rinella

I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I…

— Oscar Hijuelos