But if you move fast, you can have your freedom. Chris Pavone More Quotes by Chris Pavone More Quotes From Chris Pavone There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines and newspapers, teaching writing, editing books, representing authors. Chris Pavone thinkeditingwritingcommitment Any setting can be a good setting for a novel. Chris Pavone anygoodsettingnovel Nearly all of us work, a lot: many people spend more waking hours working than doing all other things combined. And nearly all of us spend our lifetimes working for someone other than ourselves. Chris Pavone doingsomeoneworkpeople After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement. Chris Pavone morenewjobpeople Sometimes, I had very little - if any - idea for whom I was really working: at the end of the day, who reaped the profits? Was it a privately controlled German foundation or a global array of stockholders? A middle-class guy on the Upper West Side or Rupert Murdoch? Were we pursuing mere profit, or self-perpetuation, or something bigger? Chris Pavone end-of-the-dayenddaysometimes As a book editor, you need to pitch every one of your books again and again, dozens of times, for months on end. From a quick conversation with your boss or a letter that'll be read by just one person, to a five-minute speech in front of 50 colleagues or cover copy that'll be in front of millions of eyes. Chris Pavone eyesyoucolleaguesboss Everyone has secrets, and I think some people flee from home - far from home - to try to keep those secrets. Chris Pavone some-peoplethinkhomepeople We all live in a universe in which we're either asked to or are forced to accept certain premises about our employment without having the opportunity to verify them. Chris Pavone liveacceptuniverseopportunity In most espionage novels, the characters risk their lives trying to save somebody or while protecting a nation from some threat. In 'The Travelers,' that's not what's going on. I used espionage as a device to heighten the characters' personal dramas. Chris Pavone nationpersonalsometrying
