Quotes for All
I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher’s desk, there are at least five or six that died on the way. And even with the ones I do finish, I think of all the ways they might have been better. Gail Godwin
I didn’t write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children’s book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That … Read more
When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You’d see all the different ways they’d work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You’d see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and … Read more
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and the organizers invited me and it seemed silly not to go, especially for a relatively unknown first-time author. This is just not my cup of tea; the fewer such events … Read more
There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press…and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs. Eugene McCarthy
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn’t learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with no music. I’d get all the latest Broadway music from the publisher, and we’d learn the tunes and rehearse them until we had them all down pat- never made no … Read more
All my writing-life people kept telling me that I should stop writing short stories and start writing novels: my agent, my Israeli publisher, my foreign ones, my bank manager – they all felt and keep feeling that I’m doing something wrong here. Etgar Keret
Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers. Erik Qualman
It’s really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work. Eric Wight
I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he’d printed. He said ‘I’ll just print another ten’. Eric Sykes