“I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but...” — Robert Gottlieb Quote

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

As for the once-revolutionary 'Agon,' after more than half a century, its lessons and revelations have been so absorbed into the language of ballet that it now seems almost conventional.

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

The cows in Stella Gibbons's immortal 'Cold Comfort Farm' are named Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless, and that more or less is the verdict on 'Ocean's Kingdom,' the wildly hyped and wildly uninteresting collaboration between Peter Martins and Paul McCartney.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.

My father was a self-employed textile agent, and the shop below his office was an art gallery.

I didn't have an agent until I got 'Hairspray.' I had to get a Broadway show without an agent to get an agent.

My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.