Deals Quote by Ian Rankin

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

— Greg Egan

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 don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

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

— James Frey

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

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get…

— Kate Thompson

The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online.…

— Sara Sheridan

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

— Fay Weldon

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

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

— Michael Dirda

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…

— Alan Garner