Quotes about Published

Published memoirs indicate the end of a man's activity, and that he acknowledges the end. Votes: 3

Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible. Votes: 3

I read my books aloud before they were published. Votes: 1

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. Votes: 1

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone. Votes: 1

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published. Votes: 1

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. Votes: 1

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. Votes: 1

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. Votes: 1

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages. Votes: 1

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table. Votes: 1

The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Votes: 1

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. Votes: 1

I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like. Votes: 1

The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it. Votes: 1

I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression. Votes: 1

I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.' Votes: 1

My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and don't be afraid. Votes: 1

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it. Votes: 1

When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety. Votes: 1

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. Votes: 1

When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print. Votes: 1

I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.' Votes: 1

I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending. Votes: 1

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. Votes: 1

I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965. Votes: 1

Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened. Votes: 1

The photographs of space taken by our astronauts have been published all over the place. But the eye is a much more dynamic mechanism than any camera or pictures. It's a more exciting view in person than looking at the photographs. Of course, I personally am sick and tired of hearing people talk like that: I want to see it myself! Votes: 1

Much is published, but little printed. Votes: 0

All these books are published in Heaven. Votes: 0

Marketing starts even before our books are published. Votes: 0

I hardly ever look at my published books. Votes: 0

I'd never been published when I was young. Votes: 0

'Unbroken' was published as a help to society. Votes: 0

Science fiction is anything published as science fiction. Votes: 0

Exclusive will not be published in book format. Votes: 0

For me, just being published feels like success. Votes: 0

Having books published is very destructive to writing. Votes: 0

I know important literary writers who can't get published. Votes: 0

My published works are concrete evidence that I exist. Votes: 0

A manuscript not submitted is a book not published. Votes: 0

Don't seek to be published, seek to be read. Votes: 0

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published. Votes: 0

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet. Votes: 0

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published. Votes: 0

I struggled for a long time to get anything published. Votes: 0

When a new book is published, read an old one. Votes: 0

There's a word for an author who doesn't give up... published. Votes: 0

Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint Votes: 0

Blogs are for anoraks who couldn't get published any other way. Votes: 0

I was just delighted to be a legitimate, for-real published author. Votes: 0

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published. Votes: 0

I never wrote anything that was published until I was forty. Votes: 0

I was published in Tarbell Course in Magic when I was 12. Votes: 0

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published. Votes: 0

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it. Votes: 0

I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951. Votes: 0

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think. Votes: 0

For those of you haven't read the book, it's being published tomorrow Votes: 0

Eight out of 100 people in the Himalayas have published their own books. Votes: 0

Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published. Votes: 0

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published Votes: 0

I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience. Votes: 0

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. Votes: 0

I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published. Votes: 0

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published. Votes: 0

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. Votes: 0

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published. Votes: 0

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. Votes: 0

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. Votes: 0

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories. Votes: 0

I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science. Votes: 0

The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper. Votes: 0

I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970. Votes: 0

That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes. Votes: 0

My first published book, Story of a Girl, was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 0

Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing. Votes: 0

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published Votes: 0

My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 0

Snooki is now a published author. I'm blaming Sarah Palin. She lowered the bar. Votes: 0

I am prolific. Any rubbish I write gets published, so books keep churning out. Votes: 0

The best letters of our time are precisely those that can never be published. Votes: 0

It would take a lifetime to read all the webcomics published in one year. Votes: 0

The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection. Votes: 0

Come on, man.... Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published. Votes: 0

Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. Votes: 0

Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. Votes: 0

Since changing interfaces breaks clients you should consider them as immutable once you've published them. Votes: 0

Just remember that William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime. Ya gotta keep creating. Votes: 0

No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published. Votes: 0

Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever. Votes: 0

There are 2,000 young-adult novels published a year, and hardly any of them ever break out. Votes: 0

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones. Votes: 0

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. Votes: 0

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing. Votes: 0

If I am thinking the same as everyone why bother pushing to get it published? Votes: 0

Fashion is fickle, and I was published because I was fashionable. Because I was gay. Votes: 0

Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few. Votes: 0

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English. Votes: 0

He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory. Votes: 0

An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart. Votes: 0

If you read three books a day you couldn't read all the poetry that's being published. Votes: 0

In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety. Votes: 0

What's most interesting about some books is the question: How did this crap ever get published? Votes: 0

What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years. Votes: 0

If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published. Votes: 0

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book. Votes: 0

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet. Votes: 0

Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers. Votes: 0

Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that's a disappointment. Votes: 0

Truehope EMPowerplus is the only natural therapy studied and published in 25 medical journals for bipolar disorder. Votes: 0

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail. Votes: 0

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing. Votes: 0

I read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published. Votes: 0

Every book has mistakes in them, every one. There's never been a book published without mistakes. Votes: 0

My autobiography is one of the truest, most frankly written books ever published in the western hemisphere. Votes: 0

Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. Votes: 0

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11 Votes: 0

With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time. Votes: 0

My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint. Votes: 0

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. Votes: 0

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed. Votes: 0

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. Votes: 0

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30. Votes: 0

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport. Votes: 0

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player. Votes: 0

My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books. Votes: 0

I'm a tattoo artist, and I went to school to paint, and I started writing and getting published. Votes: 0

Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it's going to get published. Votes: 0

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet. Votes: 0

In 1969, nationwide, female professors who had never been married and never published earned 145% of their counterpart male colleagues. Votes: 0

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. Votes: 0

The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept. Votes: 0

We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published. Votes: 0

I wrote two plays before I was cast on The Neighbors. They actually got published, which was cool. Votes: 0

A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can't name a major publisher who didn't reject it. Votes: 0

I know another New York Times bestselling author - Beth Kephart - she self-published one of her books. Votes: 0

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published. Votes: 0

I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected. Votes: 0

We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards. Votes: 0

I began visiting Lima's prisons back in 2007, when my first novel, 'Lost City Radio,' was published in Peru. Votes: 0

Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing... Votes: 0

I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.' Votes: 0

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week. Votes: 0

I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. Votes: 0

I do know that a law professor there [in Columbia University] published an article calling me a white supremacist. Votes: 0

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. Votes: 0

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read. Votes: 0

I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later. Votes: 0

I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980. Votes: 0

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself. Votes: 0

One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up. Votes: 0

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. Votes: 0

The information that follows is taken primarily...from government hearings and reports published from various Senate and House committees. Votes: 0

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published. Votes: 0

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations... Votes: 0

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy. Votes: 0

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year. Votes: 0

My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside. Votes: 0

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer. Votes: 0

People loved to talk about how Frank O'Hara didn't really care about getting published. That doesn't jibe with my experience. Votes: 0

WikiLeaks published the Afghan War Logs and U.S. diplomatic cables stolen from a classified network by an Army private. Votes: 0

[H]as the CDC ever published a story about the dangers of catching diseases when you sleep with illegal aliens? Votes: 0

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. Votes: 0

Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published. Votes: 0

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published. Votes: 0

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969. Votes: 0

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. Votes: 0

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game. Votes: 0

This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published. Votes: 0

You will not mistake the newspaperman - looks like a big turtle - published a letter meant to embarrass me. Votes: 0

Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published. Votes: 0

My photography is often a sociological look at American culture, and it's been very well published in the U.K. Votes: 0

Very few people, thank God, look like the pictures of them which are published in the papers and the weekly magazines ... Votes: 0

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim. Votes: 0

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. Votes: 0

I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me. Votes: 0

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published. Votes: 0

"The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours. Votes: 0

It's not as if I've been unlucky. My books have been published and reviewed. I haven't lived through terrible literary suffering! Votes: 0

I've got lots of books sitting here that have never been published because nobody could make any marketing sense of them. Votes: 0

I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him. Votes: 0

When I was first published it was like having people rushing in coming to find out where I was hiding. Scary! Votes: 0

There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.' Votes: 0

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.' Votes: 0

I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. Votes: 0

All those people whose faces decorate the shopping bags of Barnes and Noble, with a few exceptions, would never get published today. Votes: 0

The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format. Votes: 0

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane. Votes: 0

I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others. Votes: 0

Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame. Votes: 0

In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before. Votes: 0

My legislation provides that Net Neutrality rules would have 'no force or effect' and prohibits similar rules from being published or re-issued. Votes: 0

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth. Votes: 0

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. Votes: 0

The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo Votes: 0

Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not. Votes: 0

I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent. Votes: 0

Yeah, well, we're all writers, aren't we? He's a writer that hasn't been published, and I'm a writer who hasn't written anything. Votes: 0

Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine. Votes: 0

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published. Votes: 0

Character repudiates intellect, yet excites it; and character passes into thought, is published so, and then is ashamed before newflashes of moral worth. Votes: 0

Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it. Votes: 0

Papanicolaou published for 15 years before anyone would listen to him, but now you find (the) ACS extolling the virtue of the Pap test. Votes: 0

If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him. Votes: 0

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published. Votes: 0

I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was published. Votes: 0

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven. Votes: 0

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that. Votes: 0

When the 'Book of Mormon' was first published, some of those who believed in it taught it to others and testified of it. Votes: 0

I had hoped to be a poet, and for a long time I tried to write poetry. My first published pieces were poems. Votes: 0

When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it. Votes: 0

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true. Votes: 0

It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have gone unexplored. Votes: 0

It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published and not cringe. Votes: 0

Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing. Votes: 0

In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade. Votes: 0

I think it's true to say that in 1973 I could read every book of poems that was published in a year, and I did. Votes: 0

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read) about writing. Votes: 0

I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact! Votes: 0

I mean, there are peripheral things I do, I do photography, I write plays, I have books published, but that's neither here not there. Votes: 0

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. [Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories.] Votes: 0

Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. It introduced the notion that there existed certain predictable and identifiable processes by which dreams were formed. Votes: 0

Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows. Votes: 0

In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems. Votes: 0

For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published. Votes: 0

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years. Votes: 0

For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career. Votes: 0

I read a lot and fell in love with comics and science fiction. I even self-published some of my comics when I was 16 or 17. Votes: 0

It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before. Votes: 0

My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that. Votes: 0

I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published. Votes: 0

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me. Votes: 0

The direct market has evolved into a machine that is very good at selling corporate-owned superhero titles published by two main companies: DC and Marvel. Votes: 0

In some ways, getting published in children's literature is a little more open than publishing adult literature. It's less hinged on who you might know. Votes: 0

She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind. Votes: 0

You have think tanks like the widely respected Atlantic Council that have published reports in the past year that have called Afghanistan a failing state. Votes: 0

"Stop Already" is a fairly new poem in a group that was just published by Feminist Studies, which is why I sent them to you. Votes: 0

Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book. Votes: 0

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published. Votes: 0

Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school. Votes: 0

I'd go to a bookstore, and I'd flip through flap copy, and I'd think, 'If this gal can get published, I can get published.' Votes: 0

Little information is published on prisons, it is one of the hidden regions of our social system, one of the dark zones of our life. Votes: 0

Newspapers across the country and the world have published cartoons that have gone beyond reasonable differences of opinion and expanded into the realm of antisemitism. Votes: 0

Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose. Votes: 0

Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library. Votes: 0

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that. Votes: 0

I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning. Votes: 0

Painting for process is the visual equivalent of journal writing, done not for the sake of being seen or published, but purely for the telling itself. Votes: 0

Brazil and Germany are very similar, but in Brazil we have a much longer career. There are much more books that have been published just there. Votes: 0

Since 1966, hundreds of books have been published that follow murderers along their paths of destruction. Every serial killer, it seems, now has a biographer or two. Votes: 0

People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are going to make money. Votes: 0

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny? Votes: 0

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings and stuff. Votes: 0

There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling entitled is another one. Votes: 0

Martha Stewart published her recipe for disaster -- mix one part arrogance with two parts incompetence, simmer in the juices and then serve hot in the can. Votes: 0

Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind. Votes: 0

When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing. Votes: 0

The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good text available. Votes: 0

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote. Votes: 0

As long as copyright is breached in Iran and international works are being freely published in magazines and newspapers, no one feels any need for Iranian works. Votes: 0

I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading. Votes: 0

For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window. Votes: 0

As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I just want to write poetry. Votes: 0

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read. Votes: 0

Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the last page has been written? Votes: 0

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less! Votes: 0

My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops. Votes: 0

Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history! Votes: 0

Last year I was a judge for a prize in England, the T.S. Eliot Prize, so I read everything that was published in England last year. Votes: 0

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published. Votes: 0

I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't have to be that good. Votes: 0

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. Votes: 0

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me. Votes: 0

...wisdom is in large part the knowledge of how to avoid doing dumb things, and thus grows globally as a function of the published inventory of stupid mistakes. Votes: 0

Omit and substitute! That's how recipes should be written. Please don't ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget that you can omit and substitute. Votes: 0

My assignment was exclusively in the research field, and my first published paper, On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning, was the outgrowth of that work. Votes: 0

It's not that war crimes stop as soon as a novel about them is published. Literature operates slowly, it is always inching toward bliss, never quite getting there. Votes: 0

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents. Votes: 0

By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published. Votes: 0

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge. Votes: 0

The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred; ... Votes: 0

In the end, the difference between a published writer and an unpublished one comes down to one thing: The unpublished writer gave up, and the published writer didn't. Votes: 0

I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find their perfect home. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick. Votes: 0

The solution, once revealed, must seem to have been inevitable. At least half of all the mystery novels published violate this law."(Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel, 1949) Votes: 0

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps. Votes: 0

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal specifically with that piece of work. Votes: 0

I was lucky in getting my first book published; my first book was 'Bunnicula,' which I wrote with my late wife Debbie, for the fun of it. Votes: 0

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me Votes: 0

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. Votes: 0

The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions. It remains the most published and most read book in the world of literature. Votes: 0

My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders. Votes: 0

The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are. Votes: 0

I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is really class ridden, literature. Votes: 0

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity. Votes: 0

There's nobody between you and the print. Nobody. It's you and the subject and the final print. And if you get it published that way, you've said it. Votes: 0

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention. Votes: 0

I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there. Votes: 0

It's very simple. If you learn how to write well, to write with depth, cream will rise to the top. You'll get published. But, there is no secret. Votes: 0

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published. Votes: 0

I didn't think anything I wrote was going to get published. I'm a dyslexic kid who had tutors through college. But I had a very strong impulse to write. Votes: 0

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it. Votes: 0

[On refusing to allow photos to be published of herself and her children:] A lady's name should appear in print only three times, at her birth, marriage, and death. Votes: 0

As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal. Votes: 0

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked. Votes: 0

White House political adviser Karl Rove was one of Robert Novak's sources for the 2003 disclosure of a CIA operative's identity, according to a story published today in "Duh" magazine. Votes: 0

Sometimes, in my published complaints about not being a writer, I have recalled the prospect - the yearning to be a writer - as it first formed for me. Votes: 0

Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy! Votes: 0

There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'. Votes: 0

I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision. Votes: 0

A hero knows it takes hard work and a long time to get published; a fool thinks it should happen immediately, because he thinks heÕs a hero already. Votes: 0

When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should 'teach writing,' which I have no idea how to do and don't really believe in. Votes: 0

In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the thing goes out and gets published. Votes: 0

The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star. Votes: 0

My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not trying to be coy, but it doesn't tickle my ego. Votes: 0

Everybody should write a book whether you get it published or not because the experience of sort of taking it all and throwing it down on paper is unbelievably cathartic. Votes: 0

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. Votes: 0

Studies that bring clarity and direction to the black male situation as an integral part of the black family/community are unpopular, not easy to get published and very dangerous. Votes: 0

. . .the world as we see it is only the published version. The subterranean realms, whether churches or hospital rooms or smoke-filled basements, are part of what hold up the rest. Votes: 0

I would give worlds, if I had them, if The Age of Reason had never been published. O Lord, help! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone. Votes: 0

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day. Votes: 0

People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal. Votes: 0

It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is often nothing more than a genre in itself. Votes: 0

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition. Votes: 0

I'm called the Godfather [of Ecstacy] because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content with the title. MDMA is a beautiful drug... Votes: 0

But, as all scientists know, there is a time lag of 12 to 18 months between the time a manuscript is submitted and the time it is published in a scientific journal. Votes: 0

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so. Votes: 0

My work stops at publication. If the books don't contain in themselves their reasons for being - questions and answers - it means I was wrong to have them published. Votes: 0

Archival and published history does not always record personal relationships of historical figures, so characters must be invented to allow the subject to reveal their interior realm through intimate interaction. Votes: 0

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold. Votes: 0

Even after The Kite Runner was published I continued to practice for another eighteen months. But I had always had a love of writing and a compulsion to do it. Votes: 0

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published. Votes: 0

After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed. His appearance was neither pretentious nor affected. Votes: 0

You are an author! You will be a published author. Take pride in that, and present only your best work. Then, continue to improve, so your best gets even better. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity." Votes: 0

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent. Votes: 0

I started blogging in 2006 when I had sold my first novel but it had not yet been published, in those anxious months in between while I learned the whole process. Votes: 0

The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign autobiography, 'Why Not the Best?,' published in 1975. Votes: 0

Anyone who wants to be a writer should, if given the opportunity, hang out with "real writers," that is, poets or writers who are lions in literature, semi-lions, or published authors. Votes: 0

In 1978, 'Time' magazine sent me to do a story about children in Southeast Asia fathered by American GIs. What I saw was very upsetting, but the story they published was whitewashed. Votes: 0

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true. Votes: 0

I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than a book of stories, obviously, especially through big publishers. Votes: 0

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents. Votes: 0

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published. Votes: 0

[Hillary Clinton] had put her favoured agent, Sidney Blumenthal, on to that; there's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. Votes: 0

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down. Votes: 0

In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals - Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of Medicine - which set the agenda. Votes: 0

Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities. Votes: 0

I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker. Votes: 0

As a physicist, I can state that none of the 18 physicists who signed the Statement works in this field; nor to my knowledge has ever published a paper on this subject. Votes: 0

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so hard, didn't drink, didn't enjoy life. Votes: 0

After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as I did. She has a number of short stories. Votes: 0

A new study published by The British Medical Journal found that inactivity can kill you. I mean, these are the kind of findings that just scare the hell out of Congress. Votes: 0

If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer even if you haven't published anything. Votes: 0

A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit. Votes: 0

I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Votes: 0

It's funny, particularly when you're a writer and you're doing well, you have that sense of like, "Oh! My view of the world is the one that's going to be published." Votes: 0

I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself. Votes: 0

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. Votes: 0

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. Votes: 0

There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still the illegal aliens of the literary world. Votes: 0

Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win. Votes: 0

I have had, like most women, a lifelong preoccupation with my weight. My first published short story was a love story between an elderly man and a very young morbidity obese woman. Votes: 0

Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book, and go about trying to buy up all existing copies. Votes: 0

Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published. Votes: 0

Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors. Votes: 0

Thats a wonderful change thats taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. Votes: 0

For a novelist, no matter what, it's a complete work, even if it's not published. But if you write a screenplay, and it's not performed, then it's a sad and frustrating experience. Votes: 0

I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels. Votes: 0

Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection slips I have received. Don't ever give up! Votes: 0

I have been amazed by the interest in cognitive behavioral therapy that has developed since 'Feeling Good' was first published in 1980. At that time, very few people had heard of cognitive therapy. Votes: 0

It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it. Votes: 0

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. Votes: 0

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care. Votes: 0

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips. Votes: 0

Tailoring the facts to fit one's theory constitutes neither good science nor good journalism. Rather, it is intellectually dishonest and, when published for consumption by a mass audience, adds up to propaganda. Votes: 0

Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged. Votes: 0

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child. Votes: 0

I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn't going to make a living at it. Votes: 0

I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a little later, when I was in high school. Votes: 0

When I reviewed Hayek's book, The Pure Theory of Capital, it is my sincere conviction that this work contains some of the most penetrating thoughts on the subject that have ever been published. Votes: 0

My work has no theme. I don't care if my photographs get published, and I have no interest in the news. But the invasion of Prague was not news, it was my life. Votes: 0

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. Votes: 0

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books Votes: 0

I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and published novels; it couldn't be so hard, right? Votes: 0

I had almost nothing published until I had something published in Sports Illustrated. I started there as a fact-checker two weeks after I got out of college and was there for almost 20 years. Votes: 0

Before and after my debut, I've helped out other manga artists from time to time, but I have no experience of being exclusively an assistant. Nor have I done individual or self-published manga. Votes: 0

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently. Votes: 0

For instance, in 1999, Bill Gates not only published a new book on work at the speed of thought but also detailed how Microsoft's 'Falconview' software would enable the destruction of bridges in Kosovo. Votes: 0

When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much. Votes: 0

To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just good for cutting up and building your house with. Votes: 0

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason. Votes: 0

Working alone on a poem, a poet is of all artists the most free. The poem can be written with a modicum of technology, and can be published, in most cases, quite cheaply. Votes: 0

I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed. Votes: 0

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny. Votes: 0

I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Votes: 0

I would never write a sentence that didn't have a nice rhythm, or at least I wouldn't leave it to be published like that. It seems to me that prose mustn't be prosaic. Votes: 0

I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them! Votes: 0

Do you realize what would happen if Moses were alive today? He'd go up to Mount Sinai, come back with the Ten Commandments, and spend the next eight years trying to get published. Votes: 0

Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States. Votes: 0

People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital. Tweets are published in less than a second, Safari pages load in less than three seconds. Votes: 0

People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published, that you might as well hang yourself. Meanwhile, they'll keep writing and you'll have hanged yourself. Votes: 0

Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice. Votes: 0

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books. Votes: 0

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was? Votes: 0

Since the age of six I have had the habit of sketching forms of objects. Although from about fifty I have often published my pictorial works, before the seventieth year none is worthy. Votes: 0

'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed. Votes: 0

I could give you some names of Workshop participants who are as good as many who are being published but haven't had the right editor recognize their merit or have not been adequately published. Votes: 0

I had written children's books for 14 years before I published 'Wicked.' And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed. Votes: 0

Not only are unpaid internships exploitative, they're one of the main forces keeping publishing in this country a primary white middle-class industry, which has a direct knock-on effect on what gets published and how. Votes: 0

I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books. Votes: 0

This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are. Votes: 0

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works. Votes: 0

I spent five years of my childhood in Port Elgin and came back to spend another five years of my young adulthood there as well, including the years in which I was first published. Votes: 0

I grew up in New York City. In elementary school, I was a charter member of the Scribble Scrabble Club, and in high school, my poems were published in an anthology of student poetry. Votes: 0

The camera is an eye that sees and records the lives of filthy people. Its pictures are hung in museums and published in thick books that future generations can see how horrible life was. Votes: 0

It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was called Kinflicks. It turned out to be a best seller. Votes: 0

Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed. Votes: 0

Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic. Votes: 0

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it. Votes: 0

As an instructor at Alexandria University, I did research that was published in international journals. Although I left to pursue a doctorate in the United States, it was not for want of a good life. Votes: 0

Always live your life with your biography in mind," Dad was fond of saying. "Naturally, it won't be published unless you have a Magnificent Reason, but at the very least you will be living grandly. Votes: 0

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked? Votes: 0

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing. Votes: 0

Everyone has a set of presuppositions: what gender is, what it's not. And they may not write them out or they may not be in theoretical books published by Routledge, but they have a theory. Votes: 0

Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book without an index ought to be damned ten miles beyond Hell, where the Devil could not get for stinging nettles Votes: 0

We have published about 800,000 documents of various kinds that relate to Russia. Most of those are critical; and a great many books have come out of our publications about Russia, most of which are critical. Votes: 0

There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal. Votes: 0

My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it. Votes: 0

Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best. Votes: 0

I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on thousands and thousands of desks and shelves across the industry. Votes: 0

Most of the papers which are submitted to the Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because it is possible. Those which are impossible to understand are usually published. Votes: 0

I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's published in the form in which it appeared. Votes: 0