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Quote by David Shapiro

“I love being a lawyer more than I like writing.”

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David Shapiro, born on January 2, 1947, is a renowned poet whose works are known for their unique style and profound emotional expression. His poetry has won him numerous literary awards and has had a significant impact on contemporary poetry. more

“A lot of people get to the point in their careers where blurbs are ghostwritten for them, because they're like, "I want to support this person, it's good for my career," and so they get someone at the publishing house to do it, or they copy something from the press release. People write their own blurbs, absolutely, some huge percentage of the time.”

People Want Writing Persons House Careers Support Huge Presses Release Copies Publishing Percentages Press Release Publishing House

Author:Emily Gould

“To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actual people who are buying the books don't care about them at all.”

People Writing Book Care Harder Don't Care Accomplish Buying Meaningless Max Assignments

Author:Emily Gould

“I think a lot of people end up making sequels to movies just because the first one did a lot of business, and I think what people have learned is that it doesn't matter if the first one did a lot of business or that people want to go see another one just to see another one.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Firsts Ends Matter Sequels

Author:Neal H. Moritz

“You might have been able to fool people the first time, or something, but you really can't make a successful sequel today unless people really, really liked the predecessor.”

People Firsts Has Beens Might Today Able Successful Fool First Time Might Have Been Sequels Predecessors

Author:Neal H. Moritz

“There's pressure to deliver as good of a movie with a little bit more of a budget, and that to me ... to me the hardest thing always is, I just want to deliver a good movie no matter what the budget is and no matter where we shoot it or any of those things.”

Want Littles Matter Bits Little Bit Pressure No Matter What Hardest Budgets Hardest Thing Good Movie

Author:Neal H. Moritz

“If anybody would have told me I'd be making number seven Fast & Furious, I would have said, "You're crazy."”

Ifs Said Numbers Crazy Seven Furious

Author:Neal H. Moritz

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