"If you write in the Old World, and against it, your work must die, go missing, be veiled, before it can live the life for which it was destined in the New World."
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9 quotes about publishing
Discover inspiring publishing quotes from famous authors and thought leaders. Find wisdom and motivation about publishing to inspire your life.
publishing Quotes
"Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks."
"A writer used to live life like Julius Seizure: I came, I saw, I queried. Now you can take control of your consciousness and self-publish."
"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."
"You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one."
"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."
"The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts."
"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him."
"It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the novel would ever be published, because it was sort of a mess. It was only when I found myself writing things I didn't realise I knew that I said, 'I'm a writer now.' The novel had become an incentive to deeper thinking. That's really what writing is—an intense form of thought."