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Quotations from an iconic publishing veteran

H on women

  • H: There was a ray of interest.
  • Me: On your part or on hers?
  • H: Hers. I’m Doctor Cool.


I do not get facebook. Oh, I had a hamburger today. Who gives a shit?

—H



  • "Trump is an imbecile. No rational person thinks he was born elsewhere. “A black man cannot be president.” That’s what it’s about. America is a racist country." --H


The light bulb broke in my hand. Why do they make these things out of glass? They should be plastic.

—H on light bulbs.



I just remembered something from the past.

—H



I am coming in today. I am going to be like Moses and walk between the drops.

—H on a rainy day.



It’s a charming tale. I don’t know what the market is for it.

—H on the classic publishing dilemma



I turned down a book Barney Rosset liked because it wasn’t porny enough.

—H



His first book was a piece of shit. Terrible. This is better.

—H on an author’s second book



I’ll tell you one thing about being dirty …

—H