Publishing Books Quotes

• As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

  Cyril Connolly

  Life, Fear, Literature

  Enemies of Promise (1938) ch. 10

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• In publishing books and winning awards, it's like you've enjoyed this meal, you know, two months ago. How long can you be nourished by thinking about it? You've already ingested it, and you've excreted it, and that was two months ago. You had this fabulous meal. It's not going to keep you satiated today. You have to go out and get your next meal. For me, that's writing. I have to go out and hunt my next meal.

  Shirley Geok-lin Lim

  Book, Writing, Winning

  "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

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• I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Book, Writing, World

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• Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

  Mark Skousen

  Retirement, Book, Writing

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• Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Book, Ends, Publishing

  Evgeny Morozov (2014). “To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism”, p.166, PublicAffairs

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• I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought.

  Nell Freudenberger

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• I didn't really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald's employee. So there's always a sense of trying to make up for lost time.

  Jerry Stahl

  Book, Mcdonalds, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the Financial Times.

  Marjorie Scardino

  Book, Heart, Intellectual

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