Teresa Nielsen Hayden Quotes

I don't think it is wrong when you - when an actor goes and sells his film. I mean, it's salesmanship; you got to tell the world what you have. You got to tell them, 'These are my wares; please see how do you like them. If you like to buy them, please buy them.' There's nothing wrong in that.

Promotion is absolutely essential in the movie business.

Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.

It seems like Weezer has gotten better and better at getting attention for everything besides our music. Part of that is just the nature of our culture now - you really have to scream to get some attention, so people even know you have a record out that they might want to listen to.

One incredible tool to accomplish bringing a product to the public is to put a face on TV shows, movies, and the actors in them by using good PR.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

I'm the master at publicity.

There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out.

What I'm looking for is a self-promoting film; a movie which immediately gets people's imagination is something I can promote - a project which writes its own publicity.

I must have done about 25,000 promos.

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

There are very few good ways to get publicity for a dictionary.

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

There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.

I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.

When a movie star sits and talks to you, it's almost always, and only, because she's promoting something.

Publishers like their authors to take advantage of publicity opportunities.

I'm the most successful filmmaker in the country; what do I need PR for?

I'm not Ben Askren or a lot of these fighters. I've never called a reporter like, hey, I want to be on your show, book me, you know?

Publicity is very important for any actor, especially when you are new, and people need to know you.

I'm doing TV interviews, I'm doing many, many print interviews.

Broadcasting keeps you relevant.

With the birth of social media, a film gets left behind if the actors don't go and present their film and energy to the public.

I get daily mentions in blogs, I get mentions in Twitter and in different social media... I know that gets books sold.