Ryan Holiday Quotes

Apple has great marketing, among the best PR and marketing in the world.

I was a publicist for other people's movies.

Without knocking Impact Wrestling, your contribution was largely limited to what you could do in the TV show. WWE is a bigger company with a bigger infrastructure and a lot more ways to make a contribution.

I think I'm pretty marketable when it comes to marketing fighters 'cause I've met a lot of 'em, and they're not that interesting. They don't do too many things, or their days are not like my days.

The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.

We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people.

I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster.

I love interviews, meeting fans, teaching workshops, giving speeches... all of it.

I don't stage my own publicity.

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

I spent three days with Don King, and I interviewed 45 people. I studied his speech, his mannerisms. He invited me to a couple of fights, and I watched him.

I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.

I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.

Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are.

I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it.

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

I've had high-powered publicists in my career, and I've had publicists when they've had no power. I've run the gamut.

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.

I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.

I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.

I think the adoption rate with respect to social media and how companies leverage that varies by the company. Cisco is probably a leader in the space. A lot of times, we actually use virtual ways to communicate our brand and do some of our advertising, first on the social space, then we do on physical advertising.

So long as cameras are there, confirmations will be drawn-out photo opportunities.