“By 1961, when I got my first copywriting job, 'my kind' were suddenly ...” — Jerry Della Femina Quote

“By 1961, when I got my first copywriting job, 'my kind' were suddenly in demand. The creative revolution had begun. Advertising had turned into a business dominated by young, funny, Jewish copywriters and tough, sometimes violent, Greek and Italian art directors.”

“No one wants to risk a million dollars on a few laughs. The big, flashy commercials are out. The soft sell is out.”

“'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists.”

“I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to interfere in the editing process, and I want to interfere in the advertising process - everything, everything. Pretty much Barbra Streisand in trousers, I am!”

“Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended for it, and that much of this expenditure is an economic waste.”