I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book. (Karen Thompson Walker)

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book.

Karen Thompson Walker

Related topics

book bracing editor experience likelihood nine years

Related quotes

The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience. View quote
John Updike
Before I was nine years old, I had been a socialist. When young, everyone is a socialist; later he becomes smarter. View quote
Janusz Korwin-Mikke
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. View quote
Sara Paretsky
I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since. View quote
Winston Churchill
Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing. View quote
Annette Funicello