Jason Epstein Quotes
What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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Even after the text is written, there are a tremendous number of stages along the way to the finished book. If a publisher cares about the finished product, none of them will be omitted.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
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What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.
