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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.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates.

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

I'm sure in a lot of publishing houses that there is a frustration that people feel, that they're not in control, that they are puppets and the corporate bosses are manipulating the strings.

I don't chase publishers. Publishers chase me.

I should have my own publishing companies.

As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before - are steadily tightening the screws, they feel more and more that they get to call the shots.

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.

Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.