Adam Moss

My name is Adam Moss. That's easy enough. I am an editor by lifelong profession and recently an author and sometimes a painter.

My name is Adam Moss. That's easy enough. I am an editor by lifelong profession and recently an author and sometimes a painter.

My name is Adam Moss. That's easy enough. I am an editor by lifelong profession and recently an author and sometimes a painter.

The book is 43 cases of building something from first notion to finished product with all that kind of torture in between.

The book is 43 cases of building something from first notion to finished product with all that kind of torture in between.

The book is 43 cases of building something from first notion to finished product with all that kind of torture in between.

So many things. First of all, when I came to love magazines, it was the late 60s, early 70s. It was a heyday of the magazine form, but also it was a really interesting time. The world was blowing up in some ways that to a young kid... Which is very attractive. And the magazines that I loved, like the New Yorks and Esquires, et cetera, they're a little smart ass. They were funny.

So many things. First of all, when I came to love magazines, it was the late 60s, early 70s. It was a heyday of the magazine form, but also it was a really interesting time. The world was blowing up in some ways that to a young kid... Which is very attractive. And the magazines that I loved, like the New Yorks and Esquires, et cetera, they're a little smart ass. They were funny.

So many things. First of all, when I came to love magazines, it was the late 60s, early 70s. It was a heyday of the magazine form, but also it was a really interesting time. The world was blowing up in some ways that to a young kid... Which is very attractive. And the magazines that I loved, like the New Yorks and Esquires, et cetera, they're a little smart ass. They were funny.

I mean, my first magazine I read was Mad Magazine. So it had this kind of fabulous fractured idea of what the world was that really appealed to my adolescent brain. And there was the feeling that the whole thing was created by someone or something that felt very distinct. It had a personality. And that personality... If it appealed to you, it was very powerful. It felt very personal.

I mean, my first magazine I read was Mad Magazine. So it had this kind of fabulous fractured idea of what the world was that really appealed to my adolescent brain. And there was the feeling that the whole thing was created by someone or something that felt very distinct. It had a personality. And that personality... If it appealed to you, it was very powerful. It felt very personal.

I mean, my first magazine I read was Mad Magazine. So it had this kind of fabulous fractured idea of what the world was that really appealed to my adolescent brain. And there was the feeling that the whole thing was created by someone or something that felt very distinct. It had a personality. And that personality... If it appealed to you, it was very powerful. It felt very personal.

And then who... Okay, so I had all of this stuff in my head, but it was unformed. And I went to work at Escort. I was very young. I was a very unformed person at that point. What were you good at? I was probably fairly intuitive. I certainly was eager. And I'd read a lot of magazines. I had a lot of data in my head based on my own fan taste.

And then who... Okay, so I had all of this stuff in my head, but it was unformed. And I went to work at Escort. I was very young. I was a very unformed person at that point. What were you good at? I was probably fairly intuitive. I certainly was eager. And I'd read a lot of magazines. I had a lot of data in my head based on my own fan taste.

And then who... Okay, so I had all of this stuff in my head, but it was unformed. And I went to work at Escort. I was very young. I was a very unformed person at that point. What were you good at? I was probably fairly intuitive. I certainly was eager. And I'd read a lot of magazines. I had a lot of data in my head based on my own fan taste.

And this guy named Lee Eisenberg, he just, for whatever reason, took an interest in me. It could have been that he just wanted me to do his work for him because he recognized that my enthusiasm was potentially valuable to him. But he also saw that my brain worked a certain way and he wanted to encourage it. It was an act of kindness. Name some things that you would do there on a given day.

And this guy named Lee Eisenberg, he just, for whatever reason, took an interest in me. It could have been that he just wanted me to do his work for him because he recognized that my enthusiasm was potentially valuable to him. But he also saw that my brain worked a certain way and he wanted to encourage it. It was an act of kindness. Name some things that you would do there on a given day.

And this guy named Lee Eisenberg, he just, for whatever reason, took an interest in me. It could have been that he just wanted me to do his work for him because he recognized that my enthusiasm was potentially valuable to him. But he also saw that my brain worked a certain way and he wanted to encourage it. It was an act of kindness. Name some things that you would do there on a given day.

We started a section on the entertainment industry. And one of Lee's ideas was that he would put a movie store with a big literary person. I remember William Styron and Candice Bergen. My job was to...

We started a section on the entertainment industry. And one of Lee's ideas was that he would put a movie store with a big literary person. I remember William Styron and Candice Bergen. My job was to...