Jill Konrath

I have a theory that the best advertisements come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I don’t make deals for the money. I’ve got enough, much more than I’ll ever need. I do it to do it.

Our friendship was based on my payouts. That wasn’t a friendship when – as, for example, it’s me, my friends, we are friends for many years, and it doesn’t matter for me what the position is, where they work; we simply are friends. And with Mr. Berezovsky, our friendship was based on my payoffs.

If I had asked them what they had wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

[‘Why don’t you manage me’ – Laura Nyro] Eventually I thought do I really believe that she could be one of the biggest stars in the world? Should I give up my career at this point in my life, where I’m doing so well, and put all my marbles in Laura’s [Nyro] basket? And I woke up one morning and I thought if you really believe it – go for it.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.

When bankers get into business they usually destroy it.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Depressions aren’t acts of God; like wars, they are the work of a small group of men who profit by them.

The main job of the entrepreneur is to define the mission, find and inspire the team, and lead.

Edison, to a greater extent than has ever been recognized, is the father of American industrial methods.

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.