A biography for Sarah Cooperhasn’t been written yet.
“The best thing about going to a tech conference is that you can tell everyone you're going to a tech conference. But while you're there, it's important you make a smart impression so people will remember you, or at least wait a few days before throwing away your business card.”
“I think Donald Trump might be racist.”
“I've been blogging since the 80s. Okay maybe not that long. But starting around 2004, I launched and abandoned many blogs, and would continue to do so over the next decade.”
“Wearing a giant, over-sized scarf will make you look deeply intelligent in almost any situation, but especially a book club.”
“My advice for finding a literary agent would be first, put your work out there as much as possible and hopefully someone will find you, because I still have literary agents writing to me after they find my site. You want someone who understands your work and is going to be your cheerleader from day one.”
“Nothing makes everyone feel more like the meeting was worth it, than ending by saying it would be good to follow up when everyone's in the same place.”
“I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.”
“If you want to add visuals to your blog posts, presentations or whatever it is, and you're as bad at drawing as I am, I think tracing photos is a good place to start.”
“If you're trying to get ahead in the corporate world, appearing smart in meetings should be your top priority. This can be hard if you find yourself daydreaming about Mexico, margaritas or queso cheese dip.”
“People really hate Trump - a lot. They hate his voice. They hate looking at him. They hate everything about him.”
“Facebook has created a rash of mental zombies in a meme-feeding frenzy.”
“Who's more annoying to work with, boomers or millennials? Depends on how you feel about emojis.”
“In this fast-paced business world, female leaders need to make sure they're not perceived as pushy, aggressive or competent. One way to do that is to alter your leadership style to account for the (sometimes) fragile male ego.”
“If you think having a tech job is the answer to all your problems, think again.”
“The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.”
“Laughing is important. It's healing.”
“For most of my 20s I felt the need to focus solely on my goals and let nothing distract me.”
“When you take yourself seriously you will make others take you seriously. You will put your ideas out there. You won't hide them. You won't delete them. You will keep trying.”
“The laugh track was invented to cue the audience to the jokes and encourage laughter in response. But it has another effect: if you hear people laughing and you're not, you start to question if maybe there's something wrong with you for not getting it.”
“I was born in Jamaica, my whole family's Jamaican, and they always give me a hard time for being the least Jamaican member of the family. But I think it's their fault for naming me Sarah.”