Access Quote by Jacqueline Carey

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to…

— John Hodgman

I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent.

— Tom Robinson

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

If you want to be traditionally published, then you most likely want to get a literary agent. To sign with an agent, you need…

— Tomi Adeyemi

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to…

— John Hodgman

I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

— James Howard Kunstler

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

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

— Irving Paul Lazar

Maybe I should be a literary agent. I'm good at picking up on books that become successful before it happens. I could pick up…

— Lynne Ramsay

“Agents don’t sell books, good writing does. Plotting and characterization are what interest an editor. Agents negotiate contracts, but they don’t sell books.”

— Debbie Macomber

In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book that was…

— Debra Hamel

It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some…

— William S. Burroughs