Quotes of: Publishing Keyword

I read my books aloud before they were published.

Beverly Cleary

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Winston Churchill

For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.

Cao Yu

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

Gerard Way

I just thought I'd take a break from publishing for a while.

Max Cannon

People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.

Robin Day

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.

Thomas Friedman

The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't.

Tucker Max

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.

Kiran Desai

The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised.

Mark Millar

I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.

Solomon Burke

I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.

Barry Diller

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the 'Financial Times'.

Marjorie Scardino

Publishers love to compartmentalize, and 'Second Chance' was not an easy novel to define.

Chet Williamson

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

Kate Morton

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

Seth Godin

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

George Ade

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

Jackie Collins

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published.

John Connolly

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Donald E. Westlake