Advertising Quote by Elmore Leonard Download Open image “I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.” — Elmore Leonard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Advertising Back Could Fast Left Marketing
As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry. — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Around 1950, I quit and went into the appliance business. But even then I was still in show business. — Jackie Coogan Copy Share Image
I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency . — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
I remember having to quit school and quit my job. I just sort of moved all my stuff into other people's places. Within, like,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time… — Pete Best Copy Share Image
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago. — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“There’s something happening here, I know it. It’s right in front of my face, but I just can’t see it.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“He saw Harvey and Edgar catch each other's eye as he looked off toward the strains of "Alley Cat," Jesus, hoping they'd rush it… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad`s room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes. — Howard Gossage Copy Share Image
We have the capital, the resources, and the technology that we need to build a mobile advertising platform across the planet. — Naveen Tewari Copy Share Image
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you don't dare… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that -… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range. — Sharon Gless Copy Share Image
I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image