“I think that most successful artists - not always, but a lot of them, in any field - have business savvy as well and have some sense of marketing acumen. I think the key is to be good enough at it that it doesn't overwhelm your aesthetic interests, but have just enough that you make smart decisions.” ThinkingEnoughArtistInterestDecisionSuccessfulSmartMarketingBe GoodGood EnoughAestheticSavvy Author:Teddy Wayne
“We spend more time with our coworkers than we do with our loved ones, and yet we don't have that many novels on the subject. We have far more novels about families bickering at Thanksgiving and not enough about the day before Thanksgiving at the office. If we lived in, say, Romania, maybe a workplace job might not be as important to the cultural discussion. But we live in America, where work is crucially important and capitalism drives everything we do.” ImportantEnoughNovelOfficeCapitalismDiscussionLoved OnesWorkplaceBickeringCoworker Author:Teddy Wayne