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the country. In fact, I think that we have the greatest bunch of people. I love our people. Now the girls are all wearing too short mini-skirts, which is disturbing to the male population; but I have had no complaints.

If the advance demanded is over $10,000, what happens?

Then we have a discussion.

Do you have a meeting once a week or...?

There are two ways of doing this at Random House. One is regular meetings, which I loath and detest. I won't go to them. The other is, when I want a meeting, I get the people that I want and we talk, which is the way that I think a publishing business should be run. I think that this business of an editorial meeting every Tuesday morning and a publicity meeting every Wednesday morning is unnecessary. It unfortunately is taking place in every publishing house, and Random House is no exception. I've written articles about these endless meetings, kidding them. In fact, I won't go to the meetings. I think it's a waste of time. Always about half the people there don't belong there. They should be in their own office editing books!

Your young editors...do they have to get a senior editor to go along with them?