48 Quotes by Richard Curtis

We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

I want to be open about it because I think I've got to the point where I have no choice,

The idea is to get people in with the romance, ... so I kept one foot in the old camp.

Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers.

We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.