Bread Quote by Timothy White

Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.

— Anne Lamott

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

— Cynthia Ozick

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

For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option.…

— Daniel Kehlmann

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea.

— Margaret Atwood

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

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

Publication is almost certainly a punishment for having written a book.

— Joseph O'Neill

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

— Rudy Rucker

I have many writings that I would not like it if they were published.

— Shakira

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

Getting your work published is a major struggle.

— Gulzar