Saller Quotes & Sayings

Now you go into oblivion. — John Howard Griffin

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director. — Harold Prince

Knowing how to tinker with a broken piece of prose until it hums is a source of contentment known by all who have mastered a worthy craft. — Carol Fisher Saller

Her god is just like a Chinese parent, never running out of excuses to love a son. — Yiyun Li

Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root? — William Congreve

Money or health? Career or family? Freedom or depression? All popular questions of nowadays derive from the only one: to love or not to love? — Mykyta Isagulov

It's no surprise that the droll and (seemingly) all-knowing wizard behind the Chicago Style Q&A puts it all together-entertainingly-for manuscript editors in this real-world guide to job success and survival. The surprise is how urgent it is for every author, client, and boss who works with editors to embrace Carol Fisher Saller's 'subversiveness'-or suffer the next outcome from hell. — Arthur Plotnik

If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort. — Adam Schlesinger

There should be no crying in copyediting. — Carol Fisher Saller

If you're in a major city, there's a 25-year cycle. In Vegas, it's probably 10 or 15 years, except for those landmark places like Spago or Nobu. In Vegas, you have to reinvent yourself once in a while. — Daniel Boulud

Fuck! Is that what Special Missions is like? — Ann Leckie

You can't give love when you haven't experienced love. — Kemi Sogunle