Quotes by Crowley, Aleister

The pious pretence that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enorm >>

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able >>

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was m >>

Quotations about Publishing and Publishers

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. >>

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so t >>

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he pu >>

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honorable to which a man can be called?

Crowley, Aleister