Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.

When I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.

The challenge remains a simple one: to write news that stays news.

I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.

I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.

As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.

Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new.

'American Top 40' allowed me to be current without my having to force change to keep up with things. The new songs kept us up to date, so every show sounded fresh.

The Britney Spears movie was just fun and light, but let's talk about that in a few months.

I love my 'Walking Dead' family. This is the best job I ever had.

Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show.

'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.

With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change the consciousness of audiences and can make the show less funny or feel more stale.

You have to stay updated on trends, social things and pop culture, you need to stay with the times and keep evolving.

I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or else they're outdated. By the time you've got it to the point that it's strong, it would be 12 years old.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.

I love 'The Americans.' I think it's one of the best shows on TV.

We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny.

[Journalists are] more attentive to the minute hand of history than to the hour hand.

How do I decide what's most important for me to do when I come in in the morning? That's easy. I read the Washington Post.

Those old enough to write their memoirs should not comment on contemporary issues.

People are hungry for what's happening right now in the world.

There is something a little vulgar about writing a novel that is too close to the present, too concerned with current events, too eager to critique technological advancements.