Publishing Quotes

We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying. (Lawrence Lessig)
Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. View quote
Peter Shaffer
There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs. View quote
Will Rogers
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. View quote
Anne McCaffrey
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. View quote
Manuel Puig
There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea. View quote
Fredrik Bajer
I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest. View quote
Laura Hillenbrand
I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty. View quote
Matt Drudge
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. View quote
Otis Blackwell
I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do. View quote
Solomon Burke
One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author. (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)
Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries. View quote
Julian Schwinger
There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates. View quote
Alan Moore
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. View quote
Kiran Desai
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. View quote
Maria Mitchell
The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates. View quote
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A lot of musicians don't learn the business. You just have to be well-rounded in both areas. You have to understand publishing. You have to understand how you make money, what's in demand, what helps you make the most out of your talent. View quote
Bradley Joseph
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. View quote
Terry Pratchett
I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals. View quote
Hannes Alfvén
First one gets works of art, then criticism of them, then criticism of the criticism, and, finally, a book on The Literary Situation, a book which tells you all about writers, critics, publishing, paperbacked books, the tendencies of the (literary) time, what sells and how much, what writers wear and drink and want, what their wives wear and drink and want, and so on. View quote
Randall Jarrell
The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success. (A. Scott Berg)
This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this. View quote
Ann Patchett
'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love. View quote
Rick Riordan
A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to. View quote
Tim O'Reilly
With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion. View quote
David Benioff