Tina Brown

“I don't think you can be a good editor without being a good writer.”

“What I learned at 'The New Yorker' is that the page is infinitely flexible.”

“The key to a successful magazine is to be mainstream enough to get the numbers, yet edgy enough to have a cult.”

“A great magazine is a kind of mutual admiration society.”

“Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.”

“Gossip is the first draft of history.”

“People are interested in success. They want to know what it's like. It's a part of the human experience.”

“To me, 'celebrity' is a dirty word.”

“The media is a frenzied organism that has to be fed; it's a monster.”

“Reinvention is the key to survival.”

“I always say that a magazine is a party. You want to invite the right people.”

“You have to have a certain kind of nerve to be a magazine editor.”

“I think curiosity is the most important quality an editor can have.”