I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.
Follow a trail of bold mistakes and at the end of them you will find a genius.
The risk of insult is the price of clarity. To be clearly understood one must speak the simple, essential truth as plainly as he is able.
The first step in persuasion is to entice your target to imagine doing the thing you want them to do.
The salability of an item can often be improved while the value itself remains unchanged.
Writing good ads is easy when you have something to say.
What this means is that the first week of every new series of ads will continue to yield softer results than you can expect to see in weeks two and three.
My imagination has always been inspired by nature’s vision
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature's self.
Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
Men sucked. They were the root of every problem any woman could ever have. They were the reason for bras, the need for makeup, hair stylists, shaving legs, and high heels that made the arch feel like it had a steel rod slammed up it. They were picky, arrogant, argumentative, and so damned certain of themselves <. . . >.