Ads Quote by Rosser Reeves

“A copywriter is a combination of a professional advertising engineer and a salesman.”

— Jason Goldberg

“I am a commercial writer and I'm proud of that. I am writing things to be put in the bookstore next month. I think…

— Michael McDowell

He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.

— Dorothy Parker

I have to be honest about this: I wouldn't tell a lot of kids to go and be writers. It's a tough, tough business.…

— Min Jin Lee

Advertising is salesmanship mass produced. No one would bother to use advertising if he could talk to all his prospects face-to-face. But he can't.

— Morris Hite

Anyone who says he wants to be a writer and isn't writing, doesn't.

— Ernest Hemingway

I had never thought of advertising as a life work, though I had on the side, written some very successful copy.

— Bruce Barton

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker

There's no getting around it: Writing is hard, while working with young performers is nearly always a joy.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for 'The District' and 'CSI: NY.

— Craig T. Nelson

20 years ago, when Bob Bly starting teaching copywriting, the field was deeply shrouded in mystery. Now, thanks to Bob, learning copywriting, though still…

— Ken McCarthy

I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.

— Daniel J. Boorstin