“Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,' they said. 'I'm touring college towns with my garage band.' We were dumbfounded. It was like they were from another planet. Where had they found the derring-do? What would they do about car payments? We got together for going away drinks on their final day and tried to hide our envy while reminding ourselves that we still had the freedom and luxury to shop indiscriminately.” BelieveSaidStillsTogetherFoundCarCollegePlanetsBecomingDrinkBandRiversTownsFinalsEnvyQuittingLuxuryShopsGoing AwayThey SaidPaymentTouringRemindingGarageColoradoInstructorsRaftingCar PaymentsColorado River Author:Joshua Ferris
“I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMightCareCultureIndividualI BelieveSocialRealizingGroupsFashionCirclesCorporationsReligion And Politics Author:Joshua Ferris
“My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.” WritingFirstsBelieveLongBookJobsGamesI BelieveAttentionWorryNovelLateDeserveCommerceCompellingE Commerce Author:Joshua Ferris
