Brad Listi Quotes & Sayings

People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world. — Brad Listi

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining. — Brad Listi

The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself. — Brad Listi

Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work. — Brad Listi

I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person. — Brad Listi

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation. — Brad Listi

I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don't mind the idea of writing seven days a week, I suppose. Getting some work done early in the morning. But ideally I would love to take one day a week off. — Brad Listi

Getting tired of sitting, staring at my computer screen, day after day, where everyone is two-dimensional, reduced to an avatar photo, status updates, or maybe some carefully curated vacation photos. There's something exhausting about that after a while. I found myself wanting to hear voices. — Brad Listi

I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan. — Brad Listi

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking. — Brad Listi

David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking. — Brad Listi

I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out. — Brad Listi

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about. — Brad Listi

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way. — Brad Listi