"Editors seek out the first novels with the seductiveness of Don Juans; the pleasure of discovery is one of the obvious reasons."

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Source : William Targ (1975). “Indecent pleasures: the life and colorful times of William Targ”

William Targ

#Writing Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Editors Quotes

“Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration.”
“United are more popular around the world. There is a difference and I can see that. Bayern Munich is a big club but United are bigger. When we [Bayern] were in China people knew us but Bayern were not so big in America.”
“Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.”
“Life isn't fair,' Skulduggery said. 'In my experience, death isn't so different.”
“I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.”
“I rarely wear clothes when I'm home by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make sure the gardener's not coming that day.”
“I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are.”
“We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.”

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