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It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.

Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they're as uncomfortable as I am.

Publishing is not my world.

One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.

The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.

Publishing can be tough. It has the ability to kill dreams.

Publishing companies are like schoolyard bullies that can't even fight well.