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"It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan."
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"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."
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"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
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"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."
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"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom."
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"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error."
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"We all make mistakes, but one of our biggest mistakes is continually revisiting the past."
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"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
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"Don't be defeatist due to the mistakes you make. Mistakes are inevitable part of growth."
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"Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.O hateful error, Melancholy's child,Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of menThe things that are not? O Error, soon concieved,Thou never com'st unto a happy birth,But kill'st the mother that engendered thee."
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"I made a lot of mistakes, one of them was to promise. I must stop promise, the promise is like something which you in everytime in any case you must do what you said you will do! - That's why I hate it!"
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"It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan."
Mistake
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
Publishing
"I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text."
Time
"We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!"
Business
"We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that."
Books
"Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule."
Books
"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."
Publishing
"The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics."
Publishing
"The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers."
Publishing
"I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books."
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