Susan Estrich Quotes

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

I don't profess to know how to balance the positive and the negative media attention. It's a gamble every time you put yourself out there, and, certainly, I'm always readjusting to it.

Whether it's positive or negative press, it's all good. I do understand the game.

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.

The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

That's garbage. Why can't they catch me in a sex scandal. I could use some good publicity.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

Negative press is always going to come out.

I haven't talked to the press much. That's why I've gotten kind of a bad reputation. They look at me and think I don't give a damn. But I'm not comfortable with the attention.

The media has had its fun with me.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.

You can't ask the press to service you with everything that they have and not expect some of the other stuff in return if you're going to live your life like I have.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz it's helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if you're just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.

I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

I don't read my own press, so I don't know what's being reported on a daily basis - I only hear about things when they reach a sort of Def-Con status, and my publicist calls me because we have to do some damage control.

The media is going to treat you good one day and bad the next day.

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.