Chris Pavone : (3) " Sometimes, I had very little – if any – idea for whom I was really working: at the end of the day, who reaped the profits? Was it a privately controlled German foundation or a global array of stockholders? A middle-class guy on the Upper West Side or Rupert Murdoch? Were we pursuing mere profit, or self-perpetuation, or something bigger? " - Chris Pavone " I always wanted to write. But honestly I’m glad I didn’t do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it’s now clear to me that I was a very poor writer and could’ve ruined my career before it even started. " - Chris Pavone " I’m concerned, as I guess all middle-aged people are, about the younger generations’ level of literacy. " - Chris Pavone