Amy Odell > Quotes

“anyone who believed she had gotten to where she was by sleeping with her boss “is still living in the era when a woman could only make it to the top by pleasing a man.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Though Anna’s judgments of others were ruthless, she was probably hardest on herself.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“if you’re talking about a love of clothing, a love of expression, a love of color, a love of culture, a love of how putting things on can make women feel about themselves and their place in the world, those are measures of success that no one woman is ever going to be able to stop someone from feeling.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Before it’s in fashion, it’s in Vogue.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“We have to figure out a way to keep moving forward.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“She can’t come across as snooty or aloof or sad or dour. She must be simultaneously chic, accessible, natural, friendly, and warm.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“bitchy new ice queen”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Her determination lit up like a match.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Sally Kellerman”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“That said, no matter what Anna was doing at work, if her kids ever called, she answered the phone.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“She was excited to see Teen Vogue exalted at a time when print was dying. Web traffic went from two million to twelve million and—bonus—print subscriptions tripled.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“trichologist,”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“How are you going to undermine yourself by creating some sort of process that empowers someone to say no to you every step of the way?”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“If you were passionate about something, she respected that. The thing that she couldn’t stand was if you didn’t give a crap.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“When Kim Kardashian wore a custom latex Thierry Mugler dress that redefined tight to the camp-themed party in 2019, Anna kept saying to Lisa Love, “Can you please tell her to sit down?” Love had to explain that, actually, Kardashian physically couldn’t sit.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Bono”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Anna had her pets and she was blind to her pets. And she was not always good at rewarding hard work,” Seymour, the copywriter, said of Anna’s management style. “She fell for a lot of people who were blowing smoke.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Maureen Dowd, who wrote, “A.O.C. wanted to get glammed up and pal around with the ruling class at an event that’s the antithesis of all she believes in, a gala that makes every thoughtful American feel like Robespierre…”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“she was reported to have been overheard making that “Trump’s foundation has done nothing,” and “Its board is packed with relatives, and he’s going to use his presidency to sell himself and his brand and profit personally for himself and his family.”)”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“So she met with Anna. She laid out how she had been doing the job without getting the office, the salary, and the respect that typically came with being an editor-in-chief at Condé Nast. She told Anna she could no longer work under those circumstances, and was fully prepared to walk away. Anna immediately said, “Will you give me twenty-four hours to make it right?” She had no questions for Welteroth. It was as if she knew, either instantly or all along, that Welteroth was completely right. Less than twenty-four hours later, Anna gave her everything she asked for.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Anna would, many years later, seem to place outsize weight on family and educational background when hiring at Vogue.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“flamboyance and power trips were taken as proof of competence”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“You might have to decide,” Anna told James, “whether you want to be a full-time designer or an activist.” James replied, “I might not have to decide.” Anna looked at her and gave a slight smile.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Eat fewer than 60 grams of carbohydrates a day.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“She featured so much fashion and so many fashion people in the magazine (Diana Vreeland, Manolo Blahnik) that people started calling it House & Garment and Vanity Chair.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“parody of a society person in New York at the time, was Donald Trump.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“(Another person Anna dated around this time was the writer Christopher Hitchens, whom she said she was “mad about.”)”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“she was moving faster than his mind could change about her.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Melania didn’t understand that she had been invited to Anna’s events not because she was a friend, but simply because she had appeared on the February 2005 cover of Vogue.”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography

“Some saw critiques of her controlling nature as something that men with power don’t have to endure,”
― Amy Odell, Anna: The Biography