Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?

- William Targ

Editors seek out the first novels with the seductiveness of Don Juans; the pleasure of discovery is one of the obvious reasons.

- William Targ

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.

- William Targ

There is no such thing as a publishable first draft.

- William Targ