Top 100 Quotes About Publishing
#1. I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.
Sarah Dessen
#2. Publishing companies are like schoolyard bullies that can't even fight well.
Tucker Max
#3. In life you must often choose between getting a job done or getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing is not the ideas you have but the decision which ones you choose to pursue. If you have an idea and are not doing anything with it, why spoil someone else's fun by publishing it?
Leo Szilard
#4. I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn't give up. Then I wrote one more book.
Beth Revis
#5. Sponsored stories are not a great way to monetize mobile traffic. The phone is way more of a publishing tool than a reading tool. The attention users pay to the streams on mobile is far less than on the desktop.
Keith Teare
#6. Technology and the internet have changed the world of publishing forever.
Mary Kay Andrews
#7. Because all of us are so ready to talk about the world we live in. We are ready to have a publishing industry that is of that world.
Mira Jacob
#8. I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents.
Jabari Asim
#9. It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.
Kristen Lamb
#10. Automattic's mission has always been very aligned with WordPress itself, which is to democratise publishing.
Matt Mullenweg
#11. Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don Marquis
#12. It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they're writing at all. To have one's writing rejected is like you, yourself, are being rejected.
Elizabeth Clements
#13. It is proper Netiquette to post pictures with status updates to make them more engaging.
David Chiles
#14. Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.
Hallie Ephron
#15. I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.
Otis Blackwell
#16. Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture.
Maureen Corrigan
#17. The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego.
Christopher Dines
#18. Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.
Peter Shaffer
#19. The problem with a living sacrifice is that it can crawl off the altar, so you may have to resurrender your life fifty times a day. You must make it a daily habit. Jesus said, "If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing to give
Zondervan Publishing
#20. The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American, I have been pampered enough myself to know how it can make your life too frictionless.
Pankaj Mishra
#21. I wanted to be involved with literature. I certainly wasn't going to be able to write for a living, and I didn't have enough confidence in my talent to think that I should be just doing that. Publishing seemed like fun to me - to be involved with writers. And it did turn out to be.
Jonathan Galassi
#22. A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur - or APE.
Guy Kawasaki
#23. To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.
Charles Caleb Colton
#24. The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.
Seth Godin
#25. 360 deals are the new things of the industry. It's not about selling records; it's about selling T-shirts, getting a piece of your publishing, getting a piece of your touring, and all these other kind of properties.
Lupe Fiasco
#26. Lord our God, restore us again by the repose of sleep after the fatigue of our daily work, so that, continually renewed by your help, we may serve you in body and soul. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. AMEN
Uniersalis Publishing
#27. Today's marketing success comes from self-publishing web content that people want to share. It's not about gimmicks. It's not about paying an agency to interrupt others.
David Meerman Scott
#28. I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give the writer I'm publishing a good deal of control in shaping the book and figuring out how it looks, but I'll make suggestions on how to make it stronger.
Kevin Sampsell
#29. Digital-Original publishing embraces the non-conventional and genre-busting story. It allows me to share good stories with readers who will enjoy them, and at a reasonable price.
Michael A. Stackpole
#30. 10% of authors earn 75% of the royalties. If you're writing a Romance novel, your odds will be slightly higher at making back your investment. Throw in a few vampires, even better.
J.R. Young
#32. When people asked me what I did, I'd say, 'I work in publishing', and when they then say, 'What side of it?', I say, 'Supply' - no doubt leaving them to think I drive the books around in a van and deliver them.
Jim Crace
#33. I haven't written a word of fiction since 2009. I have no desire to write fiction. I did what I did and it's done. There's more to life than writing and publishing fiction. There is another way entirely, amazed as I am to discover it at this late date.
Philip Roth
#34. Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network.
Evan Williams
#35. Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.
Johnny Rivers
#36. Mindfulness does not erase negative memories; it 'transcends' them giving us back our deepest power which resides in our hearts.
Christopher Dines
#37. ...My hands shook, and I stared at them. Another
loss of control. That was the second time this month. Sooner or later, I'd
break, if the department didn't put me down first.
Holly Rutan
#38. The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
Salman Rushdie
#39. I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.
John Lescroart
#40. You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three novels before you hit it big. You know, now, there's much more of an emphasis in the publishing houses on making sure that every book makes money.
Chad Harbach
#41. Everything is different - except for publishing itself: getting hold of an amazing author, working to make his or her book the best and best-looking it can be, telling the world.
Jonathan Galassi
#42. Pikachu: Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Ash: Pikatchu! You don't have to say that! Locate a bush fast!! (Pikachu looks at a nearby bush) Pikachu: Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiika!! Ash: Don't worry, I will not peek! Hurry up and finish!
Jenson Publishing
#43. I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.
Terry Pratchett
#44. Thank You, Lord, for the incredible gift of Your presence in each and every situation I face. Allow me to remember this and to call upon Your name as I go about each day.
Barbour Publishing Inc.
#45. I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.
Piers Anthony
#46. When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript.
Kiran Desai
#47. Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
G. Willow Wilson
#48. That, my dear, is a mystery to be solved.
Iris Blobel
#49. An author who gives a manager or publisher any rights in his work except those immediately and specifically required for its publication or performance is for business purposes an imbecile.
George Bernard Shaw
#50. Digital-Original just shifts the R&D costs for publishing to the authors and affords us the chance to write the stories we want to write and the stories our patrons want to read.
Michael A. Stackpole
#51. The dirty little secret of publishing is that, all along, each book sold has had an average of 5 readers. That's an 80% "piracy" rate if you insist on looking at it in those terms.
Charles Stross
#53. Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.
Barry Eisler
#54. Blogging isn't about publishing as much as you can. It's about publishing as smart as you can.
Jon Morrow
#56. No book or magazine article is for "everyone" so know your audience, then target them with your writing.
W. Terry Whalin
#57. A worthy prayer is a deliberate intention which has been guided by your heart.
Christopher Dines
#58. Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
Kate Braverman
#59. I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't have to be that good.
Sandra Cisneros
#60. But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to go along with him.
Francis Bacon
#61. The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.
A. Scott Berg
#62. 'Watchmen' is a cornerstone of both DC Comics' publishing history and its future.
Jim Lee
#63. The most efficient way to transcend unsettling thoughts is through the life breath. When we bring our full attention to the life breath, it becomes a gateway to access a deeper and higher level of awareness.
Christopher Dines
#64. One of the best book marketing tips I can give you is simply building relationships - well that and publishing more books.
Heather Hart
#65. Readership is highly dependent upon format and distribution as much as it is on content.
Sara Sheridan
#66. My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights.
Dorothea Benton Frank
#67. Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.
Jay Taylor
#68. Publishing a short story can sometimes feel like shouting into the dark ... your words come out, and then nothing ... but I don't think that's why I tend to write novels rather than stories.
Alice McDermott
#69. Because the truth is, the surprises life gives are always better than the things you think you see coming. Publishing
Jon Acuff
#70. Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed.
Judith Briles
#71. For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable message here: Jesus is not terribly impressed with religious commercialism
Jim Cymbala
#72. Science Magazine wouldn't in a dream think about publishing a single Chinese term. Chinese words and brands must be suppressed, crushed even, hold back at all costs.
Thorsten J. Pattberg
#73. God, remind me that peace comes not from having my needs met, but by finding my hope in You. - Ashley Kappel
Zondervan Publishing
#74. This is the cusp of an age at least as exciting and as brimful of potential as the early days of the printing press.
Sara Sheridan
#75. is not a competitive event; it is a cooperative venture. The Spirit distributes his gifts so that believers are compelled to rely on each other in unity, not to contend with each other in selfishness.
Standard Publishing
#76. I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
Duncan Sheik
#77. I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to do with publishing houses in the West. I lived in complete isolation.
Hassan Blasim
#79. I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else.
Kristan Higgins
#80. Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book.
Rudy Rucker
#81. In our path of life respect the Signals (Parents) to reach our destinations safely
DK Publishing
#82. The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't.
Tucker Max
#84. Everytime I write, it's a catharsis. Even if I never got paid for it, I'd feel compelled to do it. And that's what makes a true writer. It's not how many readers you have or how many publishing contracts. Do you love to write? Then you're an author. No one can take that away from you.
Piper Vaughn
#86. In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction.
Emma Donoghue
#87. Truth is, people like buying things for $0.99 and $1.99 for their digital devices. We know that from iTunes. We know that from the app store, and now we know that from publishing.
Jennifer Lee
#88. Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
Aidan Chambers
#89. I've always felt writing is an art. Publishing is a business. I felt strongly if I was going to write, I would write what I wanted to, and if the 'market' didn't respond, there was nothing I could really do about it.
M.J. Rose
#90. Compassion is a beautiful grace that releases hate and fearful emotions. Through the power of compassion, when put in delicate circumstances with dysfunctional human beings, rather than loathing their behaviour, you can be compassionate to their internal suffering and love them unconditionally.
Christopher Dines
#91. All indies self-publish but not all self-publishers are indie.
Orna Ross
#92. I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
Patrick DeWitt
#93. You may as well attempt to colonise the moon with white mice as publish a volume of poetry'.
Victoria Clayton
#94. My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book.
Jessa Crispin
#95. I don't need a trumpet for you to know I'm coming. I simply arrive.
Z.E. Frey
#96. If the man screwed like he kissed she was a goner
Amy Andrews
#97. Drop by Bell's for an Irish Kiss anytime. The best in England
JoAnne Kenrick
#99. There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
Charles Caleb Colton
#100. The man looked hot in his jersey, sexy as hell in a pair of
jeans and goddamn mouth-watering in nothing but his tan. In a business suit? He looked utterly fuckable.
Amy Andrews
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