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"The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised."
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"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy."
"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."
"I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped."
"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."
"I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online."
"McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object."
"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."
"Digital publishing allows an author a new platform for which the words of one heart can be shared with all souls of the world."
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
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"Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team."
"Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence."
"Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if all four books had just appeared from one company."
"I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue."
"It's been the most creatively liberating thing I've ever done and so I'm bringing some of that mad enthusiasm to Marvel for the next couple of years as they let me loose on some Marvel Universe titles you'll be hearing about soon."
"However, if I can expand this to Top Cow or Avatar I'm helping the sales, however small, on my Marvel books because I'm almost certain to pick up some new readers."
"I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling."
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