Publication Quotes

Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.

Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.

It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests.

If there is one 'scientific' discovery I am proud of, it is the discovery of the habit of writing without publication in mind.

The publication of the Revised New Testament by the two University Presses on May 17, 1881, was the most sensational in the annals of publishing.

Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.

I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done.

Of all human events, perhaps, the publication of a first volume of verses is the most insignificant; but though a matter of no moment to the world, it is still of some concern to the author.

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.

The publication of a book only brings very paltry results to its author.

autobiography at least saves a man or woman that the world is curious about from the publication of a string of mistakes called 'Memoirs.

If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.

Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.

In the best interest of profession, a writer should sometimes refrain from writing.

Happy 3rd anniversary Navigating Life's Roadways!This book is a charge and blessing from above. Writing it has been on my radar for a while.

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

After each of his books, the writer, for a while, feels once again that he can now die happy.

We as authors sign a pact with our readers they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised.

Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.