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"No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism." Wilde, Oscar on publishing and publishers
"No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism."
Wilde, Oscar on publishing and publishers
"As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers." Connolly, Cyril on publishing and publishers
"As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers."
Connolly, Cyril on publishing and publishers
"The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this firmly in mind, he has no right to become discouraged just because other people are being published." Farrar, John on writers and writing
"The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this firmly in mind, he has no right to become discouraged just because other people are being published."
Farrar, John on writers and writing
"The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all." Wells, Carolyn on books - reading 4 fans of this quote
"The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all."
Wells, Carolyn on books - reading 4 fans of this quote
"In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out." Unknown, Source on opinions 6 fans of this quote
"In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out."
Unknown, Source on opinions 6 fans of this quote
"There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether." Ellis, Havelock on drugs
"There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether."
Ellis, Havelock on drugs
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