Addresses Quote by Sara Paretsky

My advice for finding a literary agent would be first, put your work out there as much as possible and hopefully someone will find…

— Sarah Cooper

In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book that was…

— Debra Hamel

If you want to be traditionally published, then you most likely want to get a literary agent. To sign with an agent, you need…

— Tomi Adeyemi

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to…

— John Hodgman

If you haven't taken a writing class, take a writing class. I took every class that was available in my area. I went to…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.

— Jacqueline Carey

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

— Irving Paul Lazar

Agents are deal makers, and they're really, really good at making deals. But they're also exceptionally helpful after the deal is made - agents…

— John Romaniello

I have an agent, John Brockman, who is an agent to many academic authors like Dan Gilbert and Steven Pinker, and he's very good…

— Richard Thaler

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to…

— John Hodgman

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

I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find.

— Robert Mueller