Mark Twain Quote

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and didn't discover what they started out to discover, doesn't trouble them. All they remember is that they discovered America; they forget that they started out to discover some patch or corner of India.

Everyone's Mark Twain (ed. 1972)

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to...

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to...

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to...

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to...