Duh, don’t ever try talking to Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff

Straight from Michael Wolff’s mouth to I Want Media’s (IWM) Patrick Phillips‘ tape recorder to Jim Romenesko’s blog to Jossip, the Vanity Fair writer expresses his disdain for the betraying ex-love of his life, New York Magazine.

IWM: New York magazine just ran a cover story on “The Blog” –

Wolff: I never read New York magazine. I never let people talk to me about New York magazine. It does not exist in my universe.

IWM: I’m guessing this is because you made a run at buying the magazine that didn’t work out.

Wolff: Exactly. It no longer, as I say, exists in my world. It broke my heart. My family is banned from reading it or mentioning it.

IWM: Would you ever consider buying any other magazines?

Wolff: No.

IWM: How about Radar magazine, which is sort of –

Wolff: No.

Wow, what a friendly guy. Other classic quotes include:

“I am so right,” “We’ve very clearly arrived at a moment in which everybody says duh, that was a really, really bad idea,” and “It takes me a long time to write a sentence. Bloggers are fast, writers are slow.”

Really, you have to read the whole interview to get a grasp on just how totally crazy pants Michael Wolff is. Not to mention the reporter who was forced to talk to him seemed as frightened as the girl who ate an omelet in Anna Wintour’s elevator.

Michael Wolff: ‘Big Media Doesn’t Make Anybody Happy’ [Patrick Phillips, I Want Media]
Don’t even think about mentioning New York mag to Wolff [Jim Romenesko, Poynter]

Feb 21, 2006 · Link · Respond
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