I spent the first 33 years of my life with secrets, and lots of them. I spent a great deal of energy worrying over what people thought and obscuring the things I was ashamed of… trying to appear what I thought was normal. Bill Clegg Read Quote
In the little rural town I grew up in, I missed out on the pop music of the time, the ’80s, and now enjoy in retrospect. It’s as an adult that I’ve opened it up to dance, hip-hop, R&B, and even big pop songs. Bill Clegg Read Quote
I have faith that worthy but misunderstood or ignored books can still prevail – and when they do, fewer joys are as sweet – but authors have families to support and rent to pay, and for them, I hope for acclaim in their time rather than late-in-life or posthumously. Bill Clegg Read Quote
I work very hard every day not to have a lot of expectations. You just let go of the results, because a book will be on bookshelves and in libraries long after we’re gone, and, in some ways, whatever happens is none of our business. Bill Clegg Read Quote
If you feel like you don’t have a choice to write it, write it. If you feel like you do have a choice, then move on, because there are so many books in the world. Bill Clegg Read Quote
I identify as an agent when I’m agenting, and I identify as an author when I’m writing. I expect both those things to be true for as long as I’m able to do them. Bill Clegg Read Quote
If a writer I represent gets a bad or unfair review, I suffer. I’m upset and outraged and do everything I can to try and change that. But I would never do that on behalf of my own book because I wouldn’t expect my writers to do that. Bill Clegg Read Quote
It’s totally appropriate to be anxious about the future of things you care about, especially in a shifting world. But I’ve every expectation that literature will continue to exist. Bill Clegg Read Quote
I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that. Bill Clegg Read Quote
