“When you are interviewing someone, don’t just write down what he says. Ask yourself: Does this guy remind you of someone? What does the room feel like? Notice smells, voice inflection, neighborhoods you pass through. Be a cinematographer.”
“The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese.”
“I felt like I was never going to be a great writer. I felt like I was going to be a good writer at best. I wanted to be great at something.”
“Sometimes, homely things are done for the best reasons in the world and thus achieve a beauty of their own.”
“Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.”
“While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.”
“The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.”
“I have two favorites: Reading Kierkegaard while listening to Mozart’s Piano Concerto 9 in E Flat Major, and reading early Bazooka Joe comics in Hebrew.”
“When she was too young to resist, or even to understand, I turned my daughter into a lifelong, rabid Yankees fan.”
“I am the most skilled parallel parker the world has ever known.”
“For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a ‘massage parlor’ that advertised in ‘The Washington Post.’”
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