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Quotations from an iconic publishing veteran

I have been attacked by Kirkus when everyone else raved about it. There is something wrong with them.

—H on bad book reviews



Have you ever been to Nashville? It’s not terrible. But for the New York area? I wouldn’t trade it for 8 million years.

—H



Is she a nice person? The jury is out but I do not think so. I find her to be a fuck up.

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H



He is not what you’d call a lively individual. He is the opposite.

—H on an editor



“I was very disappointed. The thrust was that basically Spector was a son of a bitch.  But there’s no way he was guilty.   He was declared guilty on his past life rather than on the incident. So he was a gifted man who was a bit of a shit in person. Wouldn’t be the first time.” H on the Spector movie.

“I was very disappointed. The thrust was that basically Spector was a son of a bitch.  But there’s no way he was guilty.   He was declared guilty on his past life rather than on the incident. So he was a gifted man who was a bit of a shit in person. Wouldn’t be the first time.” H on the Spector movie.



I want to Jewify this. Jews and homosexuals purchase the most books. If the author was also a homosexual we’d have a bestseller.

—H on a WW II novel cover



“You know, those little candy burgers.” — H on macarons

“You know, those little candy burgers.”

— H on macarons



You live long enough everything happens to you.

—H on having his ring stolen by a con woman



Don’t see a movie called Amour. It was guilty of boring me.

—H



I was too busy looking at her to notice her singing.

—H on Beyonce