Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb
Robert Adams Gottliebis an American writer and editor. From 1987 to 1992 he was the editor of The New Yorker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 April 1931
CountryUnited States of America
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What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.
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Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work.
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I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.
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I can't remember how many years it's been since I last saw a David Parsons program or what I saw whenever it was, but that isn't surprising, since I can't really remember the first half of a David Parsons program while I'm watching the second half.
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Charles Dickens left us fifteen novels, and in an ideal world, everyone would read all of them.
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I don't have lunches, dinners, go to plays or movies. I don't meditate, escalate, deviate or have affairs. So I have plenty of time.
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Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter.
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Gold is on 24-year highs because of a recent shift in investment allocations to commodities by a wide audience.
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In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a format that will bring forth many new writers to publishing.
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I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.
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Has there ever been a dance career with more ups and downs than Twyla Tharp's? Or with more varied ambitions? Or larger ambition?
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In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Ballet. My life, to a great extent, had been spent at and with the New York City Ballet, and I decided to try it. It was very scary, writing about something I loved so much and had such strong opinions about.
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If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich.
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You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers - the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers.