Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Brad Listi

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Brad Listi is an American author and podcast host. His first novel, Attention. Deficit. Disorder., was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2006, and became a Los Angeles Times Bestseller. His second book, Board, co-authored with Justin Benton, is an experimental nonfiction literary collage published by TNB Books, the publishing imprint of the online culture magazine and literary collective The Nervous Breakdown, of which Listi is the founding editor. TNB has more than 1,000 contributors and featured authors and a monthly book club, the TNB Book Club. Listi’s second novel, 'Be Brief And Tell Them Everything,' was released in 2022 by Ig Publishing.

American - Author | Born: August 1, 1975

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People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.

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I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

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The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.

Brad Listi

Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work.

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I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

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Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

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I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out.

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Getting tired of sitting, staring at my computer screen, day after day, where everyone is two-dimensional, reduced to an avatar photo, status updates, or maybe some carefully curated vacation photos. There's something exhausting about that after a while. I found myself wanting to hear voices.

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I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.

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I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person.

Brad Listi

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

Brad Listi

David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.

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To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

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I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don't mind the idea of writing seven days a week, I suppose. Getting some work done early in the morning. But ideally I would love to take one day a week off.

Brad Listi

Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Brad Listi

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