Fred DeLuca Quotes

Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it.

Place colors everything; It is the thing by which I find my way in my fiction.

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.

What my day is like depends on where I am.

Where you are defines what you're interested in.

If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.

Something that has been every important to me in all my projects has been location, the place where they are installed.

In any situation, location is crucial.

Your margin is my opportunity.

Where we are is vital to who we are.

Disease is not of the body but of the place.

Where they come from matters. They're products of particular places and environments.

In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.

When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.

If we look at pricing holistically, we'll create a more solid business.

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

Your environment affects you wherever you are.

I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and moods.

Everything has to do with geography.

My father taught us that to thrive, excellence in technology, quality, and customer service along with cost competitiveness is a prerequisite. His contribution to business, the economy, and society at large can never be underscored enough.

Location is a very important aspect to songwriting.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.