Deadline Quote by Jan Karon Download Open image “Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.” — Jan Karon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deadline Nature Publishing Toxic
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
My publisher is generous with deadlines, which are never set in stone. Some writers need that pressure, but I am more productive when there's… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word "publishing" means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others) — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“Maybe the best way to honor the deceased was to laugh with the living.” — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves teachers to… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken. — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“For one thing, telling a lie is like eating peanuts. One leads to another. In no time at all, you’ve gone through a bagful.”… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“And so I enjoyed the warm feelings, the stuff of the heart, when it was present between us, as it sometimes was, even in… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
Two things you need to know about taxes. They've extended the deadline to April 18, and when you write your check, just make it… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Everybody in the real world will agree - the moment a project is behind deadline, quality assurance tends to go out the window. — Alan Cox Copy Share Image
Nero wasn't worried at all when he heard the utterance of the Delphic Oracle: "Beware the age of seventy-three." Plenty of time to enjoy… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
Nothing focuses attention like a real deadline. If you are in a field where life and death, or having a job or not having… — John Perry Copy Share Image
I think setting goals is critical; having deadlines for ourselves- how much by when? Too many people have these big dreams where they want… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
Most lawsuits against the EPA historically have come either because of the agency's lack of regard for a statute or because the EPA failed… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
I haven't fully moved over to the iPad. At any given time, I have about four DVDs in my pocket. I'm constantly screening 'Top… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
