Editor Quotes

This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand.
What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.
We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'
A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work.
A good part of the work is just reading a manuscript and coming to the office. I can't imagine wanting to even read an article about book publishing.
Americans are tired of fad diets, counting calories, and living within restrictive guidelines about carbs and fat. They are turning to Mireille Guiliano for her sensible and admittedly contrarian advice on eating well.
Andre Agassi is one of the world's most popular and admired figures. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell.
As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish.
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