British Quote by Tibor Fischer

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are reading, I…

— Sandra Cisneros

When you publish something, it is very much as if you pulled your pants down in public. If what you have written is good,…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

— Anonymous

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they…

— Anonymous

“...'being published’ is not the same as being a real writer.”

— Scarlett Thomas

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”

— Adrienne Thompson

“Even if you never get published, no one can take away your joy in writing, which is why you should be doing it anyway.”

— Jennifer Dechiara

Getting published was like God stamping you 'acceptable,' and all of a sudden you can start writing for other places.

— Steven Rinella

“Being a published author is not just about selling books, or winning awards but it is also about the authors’ own maturity and sensitivity…

— Mehreen Ahmed

I've had good publishers and bad publishers, and you've got to learn when the advice is sensible and when it's not.

— Dean Koontz

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do…

— Rose Macaulay

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing. . . . It certainly is possible for a novel…

— George Bernard Shaw