M. J. Rose Quotes

The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.

One of the lessons I have learned in the different stages of my career is that science is not done alone. It is through talking with others and sharing that progress is made.

The best part of my carreer is getting to meet so many different people, because I learn so much from everyone.

I love collaborating with different people.

Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books.

Every job I've taken, I like to bring in some new faces.

I get to partner up with all different types of opportunities.

Part of the thing that's magic about TechStars is it's about a community that wants to make itself better.

The scene in the DMV now is very united. I don't know if it's for everybody but everybody is showing love, everybody is showing support. Everybody is just trying to make a name for themselves and they are willing to help other people. Everybody is willing to network and do things with people outside of who they know.

There are tons of really good writers out there, but for one reason or another, they just have not had the support that allowed them to build audiences.

I had never really co-written. I thought it was weak or something if I needed to collaborate.

The best part of working with Facebook has been the cross-fertilization of ideas, people, and technology.

It's really fun to work with new people who you've never met before.

A writers' ring is where a group of four or five authors agree to promote each other's work on their own websites and via their social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.

As writers, our craft makes us sit alone at a desk and hammer away at our novel. Doing that day in and day out makes it really easy to forget that there's a whole community of writers out there, and they love contributing to other writers' success!

I approached Yahoo as a learning experience. Everything at every stage of the game affects what you do next. At Yahoo, I learned a lot about social search and met a lot of amazing people - some are now entrepreneurs with companies I subsequently invested in.

My favourite thing about being a model is the people that I meet. I don't think there's any other job where you get to learn so many things about so many different people. I just love forging new relationships.

When I travel, I connect with creative people in all different fields and disciplines. It's sort of just to keep my finger on the pulse of what's going on. I think that's important.

Wandering the book fair at AWP is a great way to get acquainted with a wide sampling of the diverse journals that are out there and the wide sampling of people who produce them.

I surrounded myself with a lot of different creative people and ambitious people.

I approached fundraising as an opportunity to align myself with partners who have more varied experience and diverse backgrounds than I do to help bring Glossier to life.

The knowledge and insights you can get in just one day at a writers' conference make it worth the trip.

I don't see females in the industry collaborating as much as guys do, so I really would love to entertain more of that.

I've been able to work with so many people, so I love asking advice from as many as possible.

If you join a growth organization, you'll likely do different things in different roles throughout your career. It's excellent to learn and build with others. You'll meet people you want to work with.