“It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like you may as well have thrown it down a well. It’s not all champagne and doing interviews with The New York Times.” YearsWellsMayTwoBookAcceptingNew YorkReadyLike YouRejectionInterviewsThrownTwo YearsNew York TimesChampagne Author:George R. R. Martin
“There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.” ThinkingStillsSchoolJobsWalksNew YorkBuildingSummerHigh SchoolInterviewsRejected Author:Noah Baumbach
“In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up to me at book signings and describe how they're telling their daughters, 'These were my favorite books,'?" she says. "I say, 'Quit it! That's the biggest turnoff!'"You want to get them to read them, leave them around the house and every so often, say, 'You're not ready to read this yet.'” WantBookKidsYoungHouseFictionAdviceNew YorkReadyMomDaughterAdultsMy FavoriteYoung AdultCome UpQuittingPostsInterviewsNot ReadySigningFavorite Book Author:Judy Blume
“When I was a kid in San Diego, I would read fashion magazines and Interview magazine, and all of that really inspired me to create a persona. So by the time I moved to New York, in the early '80s, I'd learned how to create a persona, and I knew what my persona would be.” Would BeKidsFashionNew YorkMovedInspiredMagazinesInterviews80sPersonaSan DiegoFashion Magazines Author:RuPaul
“The first ones I played were in New York at Joe's Pub; I played four shows, but I did something like 30 interviews and a couple radio shows in the mornings and completely blew out my voice. It kind of sucked.” FirstsKindShowsVoiceMorningFourNew YorkCoupleRadioInterviewsPubs Author:Hamilton Leithauser
“It's me! It's me! It's always me! [Darren when asked who smelled so good at the MTV Live interview in New York]” New YorkInterviewsMtvDarren Author:Darren Hayes
“I met Peter Brook, the theater director, who's been based in Paris for many years at the Bouffes du Nord. I admire him tremendously. Some years ago, he was in New York, and he gave an interview with The Times, and what he said was this: "In my work, I try to capture the closeness of the everyday and the distance of myth. Because, without the closeness, you can't be moved, and without the distance, you can't be amazed." Isn't that extraordinary?” TryingYearsSaidNew YorkMetsDirectorsYears AgoTheaterMovedDistanceExtraordinaryEverydayMythAdmireParisInterviewsCapturePeterAmazedBrooksCloseness Author:Paul Auster
“Donald Trump claims - he did interview after the debate where he said, well, gosh, you can't find Americans to do these jobs to be waiters or waitresses or bellhops.What ridiculous nonsense. "The New York Times" reported roughly 300 Americans applied for those jobs. He only hired 17. Instead, he brought in foreign workers, because they're captive workers, because you can pay them less because they can't leave.” WellsSaidJobsPayNew YorkTrumpClaimsWorkersDebateRidiculousInterviewsNonsenseNew York TimesCaptivesWaiterWaitress Author:Ted Cruz
“My first interview at SI, I sat in silence next to Guy LaFleur for five minutes on the New York Rangers team bus until he finally broke the ice. Those early interviews, every one of them was like a terrible first date.” FirstsGuyNextSilenceFiveTeamMinutesNew YorkTerribleIceBrokeSatInterviewsBusFive MinutesRangersFirst Date Author:Steve Rushin
“I spent three years researching American Rose, research that included connecting with Gypsy's sister, the late actress June Havoc (I was the last person to interview her) and Gypsy's son, and also spending countless hours immersed in Gypsy's expansive archives at the New York Public Library. I became obsessed with figuring out the person behind the persona.” YearsPersonsLastsThreeHoursBehindsNew YorkSonLateResearchRoseLibrarySpendingActressesObsessedInterviewsThree YearsConnectingJunePersonaGypsyPublic LibraryArchivesHavoc Author:Karen Abbott