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"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."
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"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."
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"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."
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"I should have my own publishing companies."
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"Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000."
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"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."
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"I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped."
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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."
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"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."
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"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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"If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers."
Society
"A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview."
Friendship
"If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all."
Creativity
"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."
Publishing
"I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way."
Age
"I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off."
Actor
"Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"
Family
"I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again."
Time
"My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output."
Work
"I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss."
Work
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