I have a lot of novels that I haven’t finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it’s not going anywhere. I don’t publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least. – Jeffrey Eugenides
I started out as a novelist and wrote several novels before deciding to publish one, and I fully intend to go back to the form. – Pankaj Mishra
Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote. – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
‘Cosmopolitan’ used to publish five covers across the U.S. so that if one was unpopular, it wouldn’t tank their entire sales. – Dave Goldberg
