Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
I think that the continuity of what I do as an editor with what I did when I started out 40 years ago is very direct. The delivery system is changing and will continue to, but the actual interaction between publisher and author is exactly the same. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don’t be afraid to listen to constructive criticism. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
The only thing you can really say in a poem is what you really, really deeply believe. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
I love poetry; it’s my primary literary interest, and I suppose the kind of reading you do when you are reading poems – close reading – can carry over into how you read other things. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
The FSG story starts to lose its fairy-tale aura when filthy lucre invades the sacred enclosure, as it did ubiquitously in the every-man-for-himself Reagan era. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
One thing I have noticed is that when you’re a younger editor, you’re more intense about it. As you go along, you relax a little. More and more, I feel that the book is the author’s. You give the author your thoughts, and it’s up to him or her to decide what to do. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
My biggest concern about the market is the force that acts to drive down price, because I think that’s destructive to authors as well as publishers. Our biggest battle is to underline the value of intellectual property. Jonathan Galassi Read Quote
