Money Quote by Manuel Puig Download Open image “I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.” — Manuel Puig ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Money Translations
It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing? — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money. — Juan Gabriel Copy Share Image
Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh, the hackneyed… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand,… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
If you restore a car, and you're making money, then you're doing it wrong. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Maybe you can,t buy a big house.. A new car.. A huge diamond ring.. But if you have just one true friend who loves… — Cathy Copy Share Image
“Don't allow money to become the yardstick by which you measure the worth of the world around you!” — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
Academically, I was never that interested. I skipped classes. My biggest dream was to have a coffee shop, but I had no idea how… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
