Gay Talese Quotes
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I could come up with 50 stories that I am thinking about (Gay Talese Quotes)
It’s true what they say - all the good men are married. But it’s marriage that makes them good (Gay Talese Quotes)
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work (Gay Talese Quotes)
Thirteen years I took on this last book (Gay Talese Quotes)
The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved (Gay Talese Quotes)
For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work (Gay Talese Quotes)
Listen, then make up your own mind (Gay Talese Quotes)
Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each day they are assigned to view the world with a critical eye and a detached sense of intimacy (Gay Talese Quotes)
Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places... Gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis (Gay Talese Quotes)
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that (Gay Talese Quotes)
Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places.... gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis (Gay Talese Quotes)
I’ve always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art (Gay Talese Quotes)
Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter (Gay Talese Quotes)
People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you’re alive? (Gay Talese Quotes)
Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very intriguing (Gay Talese Quotes)
Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them (Gay Talese Quotes)
People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week (Gay Talese Quotes)