"To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actual people who are buying the books don't care about them at all."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Emily Gould

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.”
“Perhaps the hardest lesson of all is that there is no such thing as 'getting it right'-least of all with the promulgation of quality.”

Source : Mary Walton (1991). “Deming management at work”, Putnam Publishing Group
“Hiking - I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike! Do you know the origin of that word 'saunter?' It's a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply, "A la sainte terre,' 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them."”
“One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.”
“Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake.”
“The teams in the Bay Area have created a culture of winning, but the Cubs and Metsneed to learn how to win.”
“If you arenâ€™t where you want to be or you havenâ€™t achieved all you hope to achieve, the reason most likely resides not around you but within you. Take responsibility and then take action.”
“Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.

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