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" I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me. "

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" Few writers can rival Helen Fielding when it comes to fully capturing the modern woman. "

" It was the cholesterol. I had two fried eggs a day for breakfast. I had no checkups for five years. I kept meaning to go. The doctor would probably say it was years of bad living. I've always had a good time. Maybe I've had too good a time. "

" Just because we're Knopf doesn't mean we shouldn't sell books as well as any other publisher in the land. "

" We think continuity's important. "

" Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life, and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world. "

" We are seeing historic, record-breaking sales across all types of our accounts in North America for 'The Lost Symbol.' "

" Knopf is solidly profitable, and that is how I intend to keep it. "

" I have nothing but regret that I cannot continue to behave the way I behaved all my life, and I can't wait for a chance to behave immoderately again. "

" Profit is one way that you can take pride in the way you publish things and insure that you can go on doing it. "

" Not all new books carry endorsements, and I wouldn't say that blurbs are indispensable for marketing. "

" I had to learn to call book jackets 'jackets' rather than 'covers.' "

" I was from somewhere else. Then all of a sudden I was here, in New York. With one suitcase. "

" The original publication of 'The DaVinci Code' preceded the e-book era. "

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" In 'Lean In,' Sheryl Sandberg gives a frank assessment of what it will take for women to move forward as equals to men. Her book is full of sound advice and informed recommendations and marked by its positive outlook. "

" The biggest kick is reading something new and exciting and then getting other people to share your enthusiasm. Beyond all the cant and hypocrisy in publishing, that's what it's all about. "

" I'm a boring guy who's got a great job in a profession that still gives me a great deal of pleasure after 35 years. "

" A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work. "

" What can I say? I'm a book junkie. "

" A good part of the work is just reading a manuscript and coming to the office. I can't imagine wanting to even read an article about book publishing. "

" At Knopf, we look at each book on a case-by-case basis... in some cases, we think a writer might get a boost from an endorsement by a fellow writer, but in other cases, a new book will be better served by other means, such as publicity and reviews. "

" There is such a very large quantity of books clamouring for a buyer's attention that publishers have relied more and more on support such as blurbs as a way of getting an independent recommendation from a familiar name, much in the same way that Amazon.com will send an e-mail recommending Book A to a customer who's already purchased Book B. "

" There's a blockbuster side to Knopf, whether it's P. D. James or John le Carre or our best-selling books. We try to sell our writers as aggressively as those houses regarded as commercial with a capital C. "

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" I am still convinced I have the best job in the world. "

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" Sometimes you find something new, and you just say, 'Wow.' "