Olivia Goldsmith Quotes

• The secret to true happiness is low expectations and insensitivity.

  Olivia Goldsmith

  Happiness, Expectations, Secret

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• As long as you believe in yourself and your own vision, you have something. When you give up that, you are personally bankrupt.

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  Giving Up, Self Esteem, Believe

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• Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books properly, to work with the bookstore chains to getterms, co-op advertising, and the like. The difficulty is that publishers who can market are most often not the publishers with worthy lists.

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  Book, Important, Matter

  Olivia Goldsmith (2014). “The Bestseller”, p.370, Diversion Books

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• Everyone has different problems, but everyone has some kind of problem.

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  Different, Kind, Problem

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• As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher-admittedly a daunting task-it is twice as difficult for a publisher to sort through the chaff, select the wheat, and profitably publish a worthy list.

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  Writing, Tasks, Wheat

  Olivia Goldsmith (2014). “The Bestseller”, p.146, Diversion Books

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• Just like a spider with a line of silk! Did you ever see them throw themselves out into space to weave? They're taking a chance, every single time. They got to do it or else they'd never create anything. But I bet it don't feel good, even to a spider.

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  Space, Feel Good, Spiders

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• It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns.

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  Wish, Return, Form

  Olivia Goldsmith (2014). “The Bestseller”, p.51, Diversion Books

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