Quote by William Shakespeare Download Open image ““Devis’d a new commission; wrote it”” — William Shakespeare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more collaborative, in… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more collaborative, in… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start… — Sharyn McCrumb Copy Share Image
“I am by profession an agent and no writer, so you will have to pardon any lack of literary flourish.” — Julian Darius Copy Share Image
“I am glad I have found a readership, but one can't write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. ” — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“and what is writ, is writ, Would it were worthier! but I am not now That which I have been” — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
“Everyone now, not just writers, creates a written, published persona on a daily (hourly) basis. Artifice abounds.” — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I had been working hard at my book; it was one of those rare days of authorship when everything seemed to go right; the… — Gavin Maxwell Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
