"What do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?"

-- Rosser Reeves

#Moving Quotes #Writing Quotes #Curves Quotes

“The great power of the Internet is it allows people who don't know each other... to connect with people with shared interests. The shared interests might be that 'I have a kid with leukemia.' Or, 'I'm a Nazi.' It gives marginalized people more power.”
“Everyone wants a bit of something beautiful." Clara said. "Among the wealthy it's the rare skins and furs sold on the black market. With everyone else it's whatever they find clogging the gutters or killed in the housetraps. It al amounts to the same thing, of course, but the rich people feel better knowing they've paid a fortune.”
“Creativity is a continual surprise.”
“All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are not the result of a free economy.”
“The best design is the simplest one that works.”
“Put yourself in their shoes before you decide on the best way to take their shirts.”

Source : David Sklansky (1997). “Getting the Best of It”, p.140, Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
“He had found the band of jackals he needed. But as Jack McCall rode through the center of town, he experienced the terrifying certainty that a man faces when he's about to make his own name famous. He lacked both a hero's calm and a coward's resolve to survive at any price.”
“Hope is like yeast, you know, rising under warmth.”

Source : Leif Enger (2007). “Peace Like a River”, p.106, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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