Robert Gottlieb Quotes

People like controversy because that's what sells.

Everybody wants a sensational story.

People like scandals.

What draws the press is conflict, corruption and scandal.

To the chagrin of many, the media gravitates towards controversy.

Liberals decided it's much better not to play outraged with me anymore. I sell lots of books that way.

I'm a sensationalist. I'm a big mouth. I get attention. In this world you have to - if you want a mass-market presentation, you have to get attention.

First of all, tabloid stories are some of the richest and most important stories that we have. There's nothing wrong, per se, with tabloid stories.

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

If you say a more outrageous thing than everyone else that day, you're going to get the headlines.

Hollywood listens to money and to controversy.

Scandal sells books; fidelity does not.

For a while, my private life was the most talked about thing.

The magazines are always full of something or other about me.

The most shocking and scandalous story will always get people's attention.

Let's face it - negativity sells records.

We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.