Publishing Quotes

“A publisher's life is a constant series of gambles.”

“Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.”

“The ideal publisher is a man of letters, with a keen business instinct.”

“Every line we succeed in publishing today is a victory wrested from the powers of darkness.”

“The only way to deal with a subject like this is to be totally honest, and to be honest you have to be graphic.”

“I have no formula. I just publish books I like.”

“The Borzoi is not just a trademark, it's a promise of quality.”

“A publisher who has any proper sense of his responsibilities is not a mere manufacturer and vendor of books.”

“It is... through the books that it issues that a publishing house makes its influence felt and secures its own 'good-will' or reputation.”

“A magazine is a device for bundling advertising and editorial matter.”

“There is no excuse for publishing second-rate matter.”

“Publishers are all cohorts of intellectual counterfeiters.”

“You have to take chances. You can't play it safe in the publishing business.”

“I've always believed that you can't have a great publishing house without great editors.”

“A magazine is a little conspiracy between the editors and the readers.”

“A publisher is a man who is supposed to be a judge of literature, and also a good business man.”

“It is the publisher who has to take the initial risk in the production of a book.”

“My sole purpose is to get a magazine out every week.”

“We don't publish books, we publish authors.”

“I think a publisher's job is to provide a forum for authors, not to interfere.”