Occupation: Book Editor Birth: 1907 Death: July 22, 1999
The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so..
There is no such thing as a publishable first draft..
Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?.
Editors seek out the first novels with the seductiveness of Don Juans; the pleasure of discovery is one of the obvious reasons..