The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to be battered by them. It gives you access to a deep knowledge of how you would respond to things you would never, thank goodness, have been required to experience.
People tell me I have the best job in the world, which is true, but I also work with some of the best people in the world. - Michael Silverblatt
People tell me I have the best job in the world, which is true, but I also work with some of the best people in the world.
- Michael Silverblatt
I like to think that at best the interview becomes something like the unaccountable experience of talking to oneself in a mirror. - Michael Silverblatt
I like to think that at best the interview becomes something like the unaccountable experience of talking to oneself in a mirror.
She taught you how to be a person who refuses anything but the meaningful. - Michael Silverblatt
She taught you how to be a person who refuses anything but the meaningful.
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance and beauty so great as… - Michael Silverblatt
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance and beauty so great as…
A beautiful word in the middle of a sentence can sometimes reduce me to tears in an interview, and when I'm reading, too. I've sometimes wondered whe… - Michael Silverblatt
A beautiful word in the middle of a sentence can sometimes reduce me to tears in an interview, and when I'm reading, too. I've sometimes wondered whe…
I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise. - Michael Silverblatt
I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise.
If I want to have a conversation, I can't have a list of questions, because the second question on the list is going to interrupt the conversation. - Michael Silverblatt
If I want to have a conversation, I can't have a list of questions, because the second question on the list is going to interrupt the conversation.
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are the boo… - Michael Silverblatt
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are the boo…
In the course of interviewing, I've discovered that if you don't give your guest something to react to, they don't react. They simply say what they'v… - Michael Silverblatt
In the course of interviewing, I've discovered that if you don't give your guest something to react to, they don't react. They simply say what they'v…
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