Publishing Quote by Jennifer Gilmore

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing…

— Kate Zambreno

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks

If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.

— George Bernard Shaw

Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.

— Tara Westover

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.

— Jeffrey Brown

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

— George Singleton

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write. But at times I have told myself that I don't necessarily have to publish…

— J. K. Rowling

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

— Jim Harrison

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

— Paul Harding

Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you write because…

— Peter S. Beagle