#publish

We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#copyright #creativity #expanded #forms #going

There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#concept #generally #more #poor #publishers

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them. ↗

— Larry Niven

#buy #five #got #i #kicking

The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up. ↗

— Denis Norden

#added #amount #certain #comedians #comedy

I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#also #american #beetle #collection #collections

Every book has mistakes in them, every one. There's never been a book published without mistakes. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#book #every #mistakes #never #published

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#awards #books #degrees #encouragement #encouraging

Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. It introduced the notion that there existed certain predictable and identifiable processes by which dreams were formed. ↗

— Henry Reed

#dreams #existed #formed #freud #identifiable

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#being #difficulties #find #get #great

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#been #believe #book #i #me