Books Quote by Roy A Higgins

“Before it occurred to me that I might actually need an agent, I had generated well over three million dollars' worth of income, a…

— Stephen King

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

— Jackie Collins

I didn't have to struggle at all to get an agent and a publisher. Everything fell into my lap.

— Frank McCourt

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

— Robert Gottlieb

“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

“But see, publishers don’t actually know what readers want. They know what distributors want. Joe and Jane Smith? No clue. Barnes & Noble? Wal-Mart?…

— Sean Platt

“Authors today need a publisher as much as they need a tapeworm in their guts.”

— Rayne Hall

“I don’t want to be one of those writers a publisher will publish just to make a buck. I want to be a writer…

— Steven Lloyd

“Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.”

— Alain de Botton

I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal)…

— Charles Stross

The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal.

— Rod Serling