Robert W. Bly Professions : Writer Born : July 21, 1957 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Robert W. Bly Instead of creating aesthetically pleasing prose, you have to dig into a product or service, uncover the reasons why consumers would want to buy the product, and present those sales arguments in copy that is read, understood, and reacted to—copy that makes the arguments so convincingly the customer can’t help but want to buy the product being advertised. Robert W. Bly creating want reason-why We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work. Robert W. Bly being-original originals What you want to do as a living and get paid for, others want to do as a hobby and for free. Robert W. Bly hobbies what-you-want want Writers are interested in a diverse range of subjects, but prefer to move from field to field to satisfy intellectual curiosity, rather than devote an entire working life to one particular discipline. Robert W. Bly discipline intellectual moving Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite. Robert W. Bly instinct opposites Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors