Brad Listi Quotes

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

  Brad Listi

  People, Quiet, Horror

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

  Brad Listi

  Essence, Heartbreaking, Stories

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• 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

  Want, Biographies, Interviews

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

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  Done, Littles, Way

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• 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.

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  Optimistic, Games, Transition

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• I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

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  Thinking, Littles, I Can

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

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  Trabajar, hablar, escuchar

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• 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.

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  Stupid, Media, People

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

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  Lonely, Honesty, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Tired, Vacation, Two

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

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  Kids, Nerd, Fans

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• 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.

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  Writing, Foundation, Attention

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• 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.

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  Morning, Writing, Vacation

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

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  Stuff, Too Much, Way

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