Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. John Lennon
Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. John Thomas Sladek
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. Augusten Burroughs
Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant. Margaret Atwood
When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript. Kiran Desai
The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates. Lawrence Ferlinghetti