“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”
“After much research I've found the secret to publishing: Write excellent books. Write lots of them.”
“Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.”
“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.”
“People always see me writing and ask me if they can read my writing. The answer is yes, after I publish it and they pay for it.”
“Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.”