Matt Labash’s favorite interview technique
I generally lead off with “Why do you hate the Jews?” Most of the time they don’t hate the Jews (though once, when I asked it, a country singer’s wife surprised me by saying: “Do you want just one reason?”) But most find the question so disturbing that they’ll often gratefully answer whatever I ask next. Which is why my follow-up question is usually, “What are you running from?”
Holy crap guys, I’m pitching today! I was super stressed yesterday but now I’m all, “Hey man, I got this.”
If you pitch a claymation version of House Hunters, I want a cut of the billion dollars they give you.
If I sound biased, that’s because I am. Biased toward the actual record, not the spin; biased toward a president who has conducted himself with grace and calm under incredible pressure, who has had to manage crises not seen since the Second World War and the Depression, and who as yet has not had a single significant scandal to his name. “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” George Orwell once wrote. What I see in front of my nose is a president whose character, record, and promise remain as grotesquely underappreciated now as they were absurdly hyped in 2008. And I feel confident that sooner rather than later, the American people will come to see his first term from the same calm, sane perspective. And decide to finish what they started.
skornphoto replied to your photo: Centralia, Pennsylvania Centralia is a borough…
I drove past it once. Let’s go take some pictures.
Screw taking pictures. Let’s conquer!
I’ve always wanted heated floors.
