Peter Sotos famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In the past the publishers I've worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the work rather than the sales and marketing.
-- Peter Sotos

#Past #People #Marketing
And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away.
-- Peter Sotos

#Selfish #Book #Ideas
Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.
-- Peter Sotos

#Art #Thinking #Done
I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.
-- Peter Sotos

#Book #Pay #Too Much
But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print.
-- Peter Sotos

#Writing #Print #Situation
Most of my books have caused distribution and printing problems in the past.
-- Peter Sotos

#Book #Past #Problem
Im not trying to do conceptual art.
-- Peter Sotos

#Art #Trying
Further, I'm obsessed with how language contorts and creates bodies.
-- Peter Sotos

#Body #Language #Obsession
My introduction to the Brady book was an attempt to nail the exact same idea since Brady addressed the point. And since I write pornography, naturally, something of an obsession for me.
-- Peter Sotos

#Book #Writing #Ideas
I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.
-- Peter Sotos

#Book #Making Money #Publish
Further, for once, I like the idea that people who think I'm a constant voice for the furthering of the imagination have to see that interest in a more materialistic fashion.
-- Peter Sotos

#Fashion #Thinking #Ideas
If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.
-- Peter Sotos

#Integrity #Thinking #Ideas

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