"In some subtle way, every ad, every commercial should produce a feeling of love between the product and the potential buyer."
"Alchemy plays a big role in creative businesses. In the advertising business a writer and an art director are assigned to one another by agency management and they have to toss ideas at one another until they establish an intimacy and a trust, at which point a psychic marriage of their talents takes place and they are magically able to produce advertising that sings. Sometimes. Sometimes alchemy doesn't happen and you have to find them different partners. It is a mysterious process."
"...I've had my eye out for romantics in this business, they are full of ideas, and I am crazy about people who are happy in their work."
"Agencies and clients learn to live with each other, sometimes with enormous success, until, over time, one or the other loses interest or there is a disaster. It is a lot like getting married."
"I wanted a heroic agency, I dared everybody to be bold, to be thrilling and I dared our clients to be bold and thrilling. I kept saying that our goal was to have big, breakthrough ideas, not just to do good advertising. I wanted to create miracles."
"You could tell when a company had a great leader and guide; you could sense his presence in the halls, and the heart of him was evident in every development at the place."
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The Minimalist - The Latest Must-Haves for the Pantry - NYTimes.com
The Minimalist - The Latest Must-Haves for the Pantry - NYTimes.com: "Here, then, is my little list of items you might spurn, along with some essential pantry and long-keeping refrigerator items you might consider."
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
If I Wrote For J.G. Wentworth
Things I wish the people in the J.G. Wentworth commercial screamed instead of “It’s my money, and I need it now!”
• It’s my tummy, so fry me a cow!
• Get high, dummy — and try weed right now!
• That's Thai, Mummy; but I speak in Lao!
• Chew nice gummy, and bike near Glasgow!
• The shy bunny, it frightens Lee Clow!
• She buys honey when I scream meow!
• With my gunny, we fight fleeting fowl!
• Slap my bummy, and I’ll streak through town!
• She likes commies, so I prefer Mao!
• Meet my granny, whom I feed dog chow!
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