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When you are interviewing someone, don't just write down what he says. Ask yourself: Does this guy remind you of someone? What does the room feel like? Notice smells, voice inflection, neighborhoods you pass through. Be a cinematographer.

~Gene Weingarten

Topics: Ask Cinematographer Does Down Feel Guy He Interviewing Just Like Neighborhoods Notice Pass Remind Room Says Smells Someone Through Voice Write You Yourself

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The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese.

~Gene Weingarten

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I am the most skilled parallel parker the world has ever known.

~Gene Weingarten

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Sometimes, homely things are done for the best reasons in the world and thus achieve a beauty of their own.

~Gene Weingarten

Topics: Achieve Beauty Best Done Homely Own Reasons Sometimes Things Thus World

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I have two favorites: Reading Kierkegaard while listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto 9 in E Flat Major, and reading early Bazooka Joe comics in Hebrew.

~Gene Weingarten

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I felt like I was never going to be a great writer. I felt like I was going to be a good writer at best. I wanted to be great at something.

~Gene Weingarten

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Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.

~Gene Weingarten

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While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.

~Gene Weingarten

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The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.

~Gene Weingarten

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When she was too young to resist, or even to understand, I turned my daughter into a lifelong, rabid Yankees fan.

~Gene Weingarten

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: October 2nd, 1951

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