What I have always believed in 40 years of experience in the book publishing industry is that you can do what you want as a writer as long as you tell the reader what you are doing. Art is about honesty. My objection is not the use of memoir as literature it certainly can be. My objection is to the lack of honesty.
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This quote is just one of 3 total Peter Osnos quotes in our collection. Peter Osnos is known for saying 'What I have always believed in 40 years of experience in the book publishing industry is that you can do what you want as a writer as long as you tell the reader what you are doing. Art is about honesty. My objection is not the use of memoir as literature it certainly can be. My objection is to the lack of honesty.' as well as some of the following quotes.
What I have always believed in 40 years of experience in the book publishing industry is that you can do what you want as a writer as long as you tell the reader what you are doing. Art is about honesty. My objection is not the use of memoir as literature it certainly can be. My objection is to the lack of honesty.
In today's world, books have to compete with so much else for peoples' time, that unless they are present when and how the prospective readers wants them, attention will immediately turn elsewhere.
This quote is just one of 3 total Peter Osnos quotes in our collection. Peter Osnos is known for saying 'What I have always believed in 40 years of experience in the book publishing industry is that you can do what you want as a writer as long as you tell the reader what you are doing. Art is about honesty. My objection is not the use of memoir as literature it certainly can be. My objection is to the lack of honesty.' as well as some of the following quotes.