“While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.” AbleLevelsFiguresMajorsWeaponsPercentDestructionAccountsMajorityIraqProductionsSignificantAgentsCertaintyFactoriesDispositionEquipmentItemsDisarmamentWeaponry Author:Scott Ritter
“After a while the business end of writing takes too much of the writing time. Better to pay someone ten percent and find that you're still more than ten percent ahead in the end. Which is true. My present agent says that he always feels that a good agent during the course of a year should earn back for his client at least the ten percent he takes by way of commission, so the client's really nothing out. And what he should ideally do is make him more money than the ten percent.” WayFeelsShouldWritingYearsStillsEndsCoursesPayToo MuchTenPercentAgentsMore MoneyClients Author:Roger Zelazny
“My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get, except the blinding headaches.” PercentAgentsHeadache Author:Fred Allen
“Most shows, buying shows, have a standard fee for the first shot of the writer and if you have a very militant agent, I suppose he might jack it up four percent or something. But in essence, you sell for what is the going rate.” IfsFirstsShowsMightFourStandardsPercentShotsEssenceSellsRateAgentsBuyingFeesMilitant Author:Rod Serling
“The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.” NeedsGivingShowsFailingPercentCamerasLawyerAgentsManagersFlatsPlusCaptureShow BusinessSalaryFeesPublicists Author:Danica McKellar