P Quotes
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“Publishing a book does not make you an authority or an expert. Authorship doesn’t not equal authority.”
“Publishing a book does not make you and authority or an expert. Authorship does not equal authority.”
“Publishing a book is a great thing, and I'm grateful, but it's also a horrible, exposing thing. Once you've published a book, you never write quite as freely again. You're aware, from that point onward, of the kinds of things critics might say about it. You're aware of the kinds of things your publishers might like and dislike about it. You're half-aware of marketing strategies - of all the stuff around the book. Whereas with your very first piece of fiction, if you're lucky, those things barely occur to you at all.”
“Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea.”
“Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be.”
“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”
“Publishing a book,
Watching its ways
Force me to look
At a screen for days
"Be still, be still",
My heart screams for life
But I must check its sales,
It's reviews, its likes.
Another Instagram poet
Who's dying
And doesn't know it,
Untying an underlying
Knot of desire
To be liked and admired
For people to love what transpires
From my mind, but I'm tired
Of the social machine
Producing my insecurity
Hoping someone will follow me
And like all my poetry
From this point forth, find me nowhere,
Socially unseen,
Just on the back porch, without a care
And without a screen”
Source: Senses
“Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I was a teenager: to get laid a lot.”
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”
Source: Selected letters of Don Marquis
“Publishing articles about minority groups behaving “graciously” and “humanely” is just patronising tokenism — that divides more than unifies.”
“Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their readers.”
“Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.”
“Publishing has gone very middlebrow. It's turned its back on legacy of modernism and gone into a humanist mode. When people go through art school they are exposed to the history of the avant-garde, and there's a general understanding that what you're doing as an artist is to a large extent, not just regurgitating that history, but engaging with it. There's this denial of that in the mainstream publishing world.”
“Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.”
“Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them.”
“Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.”
“Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age.”
“Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books properly, to work with the bookstore chains to getterms, co-op advertising, and the like. The difficulty is that publishers who can market are most often not the publishers with worthy lists.”
Source: The Bestseller
“Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word "publishing" means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That's not a job anymore. That's a button. There's a button that says "publish," and when you press it, it's done.”
“Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.”
“Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they don't know how to do their jobs. "I don't know how to sell this," they explain, frowning, as though it's your fault. "I don't know how to package this. I don't know what the market is for this book. I don't know how we're going to draw attention to this." In most occupations, people try to hide their incompetence; only in publishing is it flaunted as though it were the chief qualification for the job.”
“Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.”
“Publishing isn't a job anymore. It's a button.”
“Publishing magazines costs a lot of money and people don't read magazines anymore, they're all captivated by Instagram. I have to reinvent myself every season to keep the interest of the reader. Twenty-five years later, my mission is the same: Captivating the readers, not flattering the industry.”
“Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.”
“Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth because I haven't given birth. It's more like when your children leave home.”
“Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck.”
“Publishing short quotes surpassed the fame of being an author of books.”
“Publishing should be a collaboration between authors and their smartest readers - and at some point the distinction should become meaningless.”
“Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!”
“Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn.”
“Pubu embodied femininity--- a perfect powdered face, poppy-red lips, painted brows, and a pleasing form doused in patchouli and amber. Jingling jade and gold bracelets encircled slender white wrists. A pink lotus flower opened and reopened at the crown of her ink-black upswept hair. Mist and waterfall spray covered her low-cut pale blue silk gown while enchanting golden, white, and red goldfish swam along the fabric, bobbing in constant motion.”
Source: Celestial Banquet
“Pubu had an ethereal quality that mortals lacked--- no blemishes, perfect features, a sparkling aura meant to bewitch and enchant, and perfume reminiscent of mist-covered tea roses against a refreshing waterfall, her namesake. The goldfish on her elaborate robes jumped into the air and dove back into the aquamarine silk with a splashing plop.”
Source: Celestial Banquet
“Pubu is the waterfall minor goddess and her familiar is the fantail goldfish. She is the only minor goddess, though it is rumored that two others have faded into memory. She prides herself in her unparalleled beauty and sharp mind. Though she has many mortal male admirers, she prefers immortal company. Her latest failed dalliance with Senlin left her in a precarious position for the upcoming banquet.
-- CONCERNING MINOR GODS, EIGHTH SCROLL, GREAT LIBRARY OF XIANLING”
Source: Celestial Banquet
“Puccini - silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled.”
“Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.”
“Puck flapped up to the happy couple. "Wait a minute! You have to ask someone to marry you? No one told me that! I thought you just hit them with a club and dragged them back to your cave!" Henry put his arm around Sabrina. "You're officially grounded from ever getting married." "Thank you," Sabrina whispered sincerely.”
Source: The Sisters Grimm: Book Nine: The Council of Mirrors
“Puck in the centre of your chest, always have motion in your skating when the rush is coming at you, being square to the puck, understanding who's on the ice and where they are on the ice at all times, competing and having fun.”
“Puck rolled his eyes. Holding out his hand, he gave me an encouraging smile. "Come on, Princess. Don't want to get separated in here." I clasped his hand, and he curled his fingers tight around mine. "Let's go then. Rusty can bring up the rear. That way, if we get jumped from behind, we won't lose anything important.”
Source: The Iron Daughter
“Puck rushed into the kitchen. He looked as if he had just gotten off a roller coaster. "That was awesome!" he cried. "The arrow coming out is totally more fun to watch going in.”
Source: The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War
“Puck shook her head ruefully. "We haven't even solved the first problem, and I'm worrying about the next one. I must be an idiot."
"No," Hush said, wiggling an impossible finger at her. "Only kindness. Very much kindness.”
“Puck stopped his drumming [on his belly] for a brief moment and grinned at Sabrina. I hear they have a lot of plastic surgeons in New York City. If I were you I'd make an appointment for that face as soon as you get there," he quipped. Sabrina scowled and shook a fist at him. "Keep it up, stinkpot, and you're going to need a plastic surgeon yourself." Puck winked. "No need to get all mushy on me, Grimm.”
“Puck swung the cannon around in anger. The nozzle spun and hit Sabrina in the chest. The force was so pawerful she was knocked right off the platform and fell backward off the tower. She saw sky above her and felt the wind in her hair. How ironic, she thought, as she fell to her certain death, that at that moment she would have given anything to be a giant goose again.
Air rushed past Sabrina's ears and suddenly she felt her back tingling again. A moment later she was hanging upside down, inches from the ground. She looked up to find her savior, only to find that her her wasn't a person but a long, furry tail sticking out of the back of her pants. It was wrapped around a beam in the tower a kept her swinging there like a monkey.
Puck floated down to her, his wings flapping softly enough to allow him to hover.
"I bet you think this is hilarious. Look what you did to me with your stupid pranks. I have a tail!" she raged.
Puck's face was trembling. "I'm sorry."
"What?" Sabrina said blankly.
"I almost killed you. I'm sorry, Sabrina," he said, rubbing his eyes on his filthy hoodie. He lifted her off the tower and set her on the ground.
"Since when do you care?" Sabrina said, still stunned by the boy's apology.”
Source: The Everafter War
“Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?" Hiding, I guess." Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you." Ms. Smirt shrieked. Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun." He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her?”
“Pucker up, Hollywood. By the time I’m finished with you, the neighbors are gonna need a cigarette.”
Source: Sparking the Fire
“Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.”
“Puddin' and Duchess have been best friends since the day they met."
"Looks a bit more than just friendly to me," Thad said. "Looks like Puddin' has a better love life than I do."
"Probably because he's more approachable," she said.”
Source: Pardon My Frenchie
“Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.”
Source: The Ionian Mission
“Puddle-wonderful moments are like rainbows after a storm. They remind us that there is beauty in every situation.”
Source: Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I
“Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.”
Source: The Chronicles of Narnia Vol IV: The Silver Chair