Quotes about Publishing

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If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to — Roopleen
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the n — Don DeLillo
If you write in the Old World, and against it, your work must die, go missing, be veiled, before it can live the life fo — Patrick Nowell-Smith
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo — Roman Payne
Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building bloc — Roopleen, Words to inspire the winner in YOU
The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent i — Roopleen, Words to inspire the winner in YOU
Many things are thrown our way in this game of life. It's how you deal with them that shows your true character. I want — May Water/May B. Wilde
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and re — Oscar Wilde
I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find — Beth Revis
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe — Margaret Atwood
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing ca — Edna St. Vincent Millay
You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one. — Jayce O'Neal
Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who wri — Roman Payne
Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature. — Fran Lebowitz
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get publish — Anne Lamott
It wouldn't happen... There hasn't been one publication by a monkey — Karl Pilkington, The Ricky Gervais Show - First, Second and Third Seasons
It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they’re writing at — Elizabeth Clements, Apollo Weeps
As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chanc — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
If the novel is dead, I'm a necrophiliac. — Tiffany Madison
I have always believed in the principle that immediate survival is more important than long-term survival. — Jack McClelland, Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters