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Quotes About Publication

Another recent work, an academic article that described research on a single type of nerve cell in the hypothalamus, was over one hundred pages long and cited seven hundred intricate experiments.
~ Leonard Mlodinow
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
~ Bill Walsh
We (Mr. Rosen and I) had sent you our manuscript for publication and had not authorized you to show it to specialists before it is printed. I see no reason to address the — in any case erroneous — comments of your anonymous expert.
~ Albert Einstein
Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.
~ Donald Norman
She sighed audibly. 'I bet this is something to do with the bloody magazine.' 'Fanzine. It's not a magazine, it's a fa-' 'I don't
~ Dougie Brimson
Thanks for reading MIND'S EYE! I hope that you enjoyed it. If so, Nick Hall will return in BRAINWEB, available in February of 2015. When
~ Douglas E. Richards
reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book
~ Jim Stovall
Well I've written four beauty books as well.
~ Joan Collins
The greatest sin, after the initial sin, is its publication.
~ Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Incited by the intellectual recompense of such a pursuit, Mrs. Radcliffe gave her romances in quick succession to the world: — her first work, "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne," was published in the year 1789; the "Sicilian Romance," in 1790; the "Romance of the Forest," in 1791; "The Mysteries of Udolpho," in 1794; and " The Italian," in 1797.
~ Ann Radcliffe
It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
~ Sabrina Carpenter
I wish I was in print. It will be odd a year or so from now when Scottie assures her friends I was an author and finds that no book is procurable.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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~ Fern Michaels
Trellis wants his salutary book to be read by all. He realizes that purely a moralizing tract would not reach the public. Therefore he is putting plenty of smut into his book.
~ Flann O'Brien
Early in 1955 Flannery completed work on her second book, a collection of these stories which she entitled A Good Man Is Hard to Find. In January we sent it to press, having set publication for June. I remember our amusement at Evelyn Waugh's reaction to the advance proofs we sent him: "If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable.
~ Flannery O'Connor
People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book.
~ Kevin Smith
Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see.
~ Nell Scovell
There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years.
~ Jerry Pournelle
When 'Watchmen' was published in 1986, the vast majority of comics readers deemed it a watershed in comics history. The 12-part serial comic book was widely acclaimed as a genius subversion of the superhero genre, and it did much to popularize comics to adults.
~ Lydia Millet
Tove Jansson was the most successful Finnish illustrator and writer of children's books of her day, and she was the most widely read Finn abroad. She began her life as an artist early - she had her first drawing published at fifteen.
~ Sheila Heti
Sometimes I make an analogy that each scientific paper is like putting out another record. And some people have careers that are nothing but a one-hit wonder. And then there are people who are only appreciated by aficionados but largely forgotten by the wider community.
~ Eric Betzig
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.
~ Nicholas Kristof
The 'Womanthology' book got a lot of people jobs, inside and outside the industry, and I think stuff like that tends to be really effective. You have something in print that you can point an editor or a publisher to, and it makes a huge difference for a lot of people.
~ Gail Simone
Everything is tested in my little kitchen. The recipes are mine and that's really important to me. When I do a cookery show I know these recipes really well, because every recipe I've ever published has been tested by my kids.
~ Nadiya Hussain