"I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that."

-- Micah Perks

#Book Quotes #Editors Quotes #Agents Quotes

“Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And I got fame before I got money, and it was scary.”
“People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.”
“I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.”
“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”
“Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.”

Source : Naomi Shihab Nye (1995). “Words under the words: selected poems”, The Eighth Mountain Press
“I want to get people to connect to the outdoors.”
“I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.”

Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston”
“Once people see you pulling off one role, they think youre a safe bet to do a similar role.”

You may also like:

Anais Nin
Author
Brenda Shaughnessy
Poet
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Author
Ellen Bass
Poet
Karen Joy Fowler
Author
Karen Tei Yamashita
Writer
Patti Smith
Singer-songwriter
Tim Seibles
Poet
Molly Antopol
Fiction writer