Books Quote by Laurence J. Peter Download Open image “Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.” — Laurence J. Peter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reputation Writing
“The endorsements on books aren’t entirely impartial. Unbeknownst to the average reader, blurbs are more often than not from the writer’s best friends, colleagues… — Rachel Donadio Copy Share Image
Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
A lot of people get to the point in their careers where blurbs are ghostwritten for them, because they're like, "I want to support… — Emily Gould Copy Share Image
The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript.… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Publishers like their authors to take advantage of publicity opportunities. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy. — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea. — Jacqueline Leo Copy Share Image
When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is. — James Purdy Copy Share Image
You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
The surest sign that you haven't any sense is to argue with one who hasn't. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image