Belief Quote by Jessa Crispin

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 wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.

— Charlie Huston

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

— Michael Connelly

I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for…

— Camilla Lackberg

Every couple of years when your book comes out then you have to go into these fights with the publisher and the publicist and…

— Robert Greene

I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.

— Dave Barry

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world.

— V. S. Naipaul

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market.…

— Hilary Mantel

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

— Dan Brown

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.

— William Targ