Buffets Quote by Lester Beall

In catering, you're always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wishes.

— Carla Hall

Clients don't want us to do what they ask, they want us to go further

— Kevin McLean

“Our goal now is to figure out what the rest of the industry is doing that our client isn’t to grow sales.”

— Victor Cheng

“Make sure you’ve done absolutely all your homework on the client company, the client marketplace, and the client individual, and that it’s absolutely up…

— David H. Maister

“(your purchases and gadgets suggest elaborate and fanciful recipes, at least in your intentions”

— Italo Calvino

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest.

— Rian Johnson

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of…

— Walter Jon Williams

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.

— Natalie Massenet

Revision is not the end of the creative process, but a new beginning. It's a chance not just to clean up and edit, but…

— John Dufresne

“The fastest way to revise a piece of work is to send it, late at night, to someone whose opinion you fear. Then rewrite…

— Sarah Manguso

Clients are becoming more and more savvy. They know what's happening in the brands; they know the new products that are coming out.

— Delphine Arnault