A Quote by Lorrie Moore

Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.

Lorrie Moore

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Area Expertise Generalists Highly Merely Punctuation Real Sense Writers

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Lorrie Moore
American - Writer
Born: January 13, 1957

The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.

Nathan Myhrvold

The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

Graham T. Allison

Apply Truth liberally to the inflamed area.

Stephen Colbert

People with highly transferable skills may be specialists in certain areas, but they're also incredible generalists - something businesses that want to grow need.

Leah Busque

My basic strategy is to stick to my core business, and to my area of expertise. My businesses are all related - retail, shopping centers, banking, real estate and tourism development. Together they create synergy.

Henry Sy

Each step in life has been another step in an area that was a challenge, that is highly satisfying and that gives you a great sense of pride afterwards.

Graeme Samuel

KIND had grown from a team of dedicated, overworked generalists to a large, professional organization with specialists who had either come in from outside or had been groomed internally to grow in a focused area about which they're passionate.

Daniel Lubetzky

There is a need for expertise, for real expertise. I'm not doing much to help that cause, but I think we can find the healthy balance between intellectualism and anti-intellectualism. Jocks and nerds may come together, I believe it.

John Hodgman

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

George D. Prentice

I don't want to make a half-assed film. It's not my area of expertise.

Oliver Stone

My basic strategy is to stick to my core business and to my area of expertise.

Henry Sy

I am Joe's Enraged, Inflamed, sense of rejection.

Chuck Palahniuk

To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense.

Paul Allen

I always tell writers that it's good to have an area of expertise. It's a really practical answer, I know, but know about science or about sports or about medicine, so you can work as a science writer or a sports writer. Don't just know about yourself.