Agents Quote by Natalie Goldberg

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of…

— Laura Miller

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

— Alexander Theroux

If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked…

— Ann M. Martin

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.

— Jackie Kennedy

“Agents don’t sell books, good writing does. Plotting and characterization are what interest an editor. Agents negotiate contracts, but they don’t sell books.”

— Debbie Macomber

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

— Louise Brown

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here…

— Kage Baker

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I…

— Sarah Dessen