"Do you think the State or any other institution should do
more for writers?"
The State should do no more for writers than it should do for
any other person who lives in it. The State should give shelter, food,
warmth, etc., whether the person works for the State or not. Choice of
work, and the money that comes from it, should then be free for that
man; what work, what money, is his own bother.
-- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
The following was taken from a guide for aspiring writers.
"New writers usually cannot convince large, prestigious publishers that their work is marketable, so they must first publish with smaller, less well-known presses to establish a sales record....