“I fully understand the Catch-22 with getting an agent: Agents want someone who's published before, but how can a person get published without an agent? As hard as it is, it happens all the time. All successful writers were once in the same boat you are, but they found a way to do it.”
Nicholas Sparks
“We published six books in our first year, we're publishing nine this year, and we're scheduled to publish 12 in 2006,”
Charles Ardai
“To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.”
Charles Caleb Colton
“I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.”
Tanith Lee
“If an agent approached me tomorrow, I'd certainly listen. But if not, I plan to self publish my second book and keep on doing what I'm doing.”
Darden North
“The fact the Chinese have published these statements by Bush -- when they did not publish details of U.S. offers to help in the search for the pilot -- may reflect a more conciliatory approach,”
Robert Ross
“A small publishing house is sometimes the way to go. I wanted somebody who would publish my book and care about my book. I wanted somebody to know my book and always remember it, and I found one. They take an interest in what you do. If they are committed to accept your book, then they are committed to you.”
Regina Lewis
