About Quote by Jay McInerney

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

— Greg Egan

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

— James Frey

Blogging has helped create an expanded awareness of the creative nonfiction genre, generally. But I suspect many bloggers continue to be unaware that they…

— Lee Gutkind

“Rosalind Porter: As a writer, how important do you feel it is to engage with the digital revolution? Margaret Atwood: I don’t think it’s…

— Margaret Atwood

. I used to advise writers to just write their books and it will find a home, and suddenly that didn't seem as certain.…

— Michelle Tea

I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to jump ship…

— Vince Flynn

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

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

— Steven Rinella

“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in travel publishing…

— Tony Wheeler

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

— Manuel Puig