Sentences with phrase «sadly little return»

Aspiring writers have a less than 2 percent chance of being picked up by an agent or publishing house, and those that do often see sadly little return in terms of visibility, distribution or actual income.

Not exact matches

The sadly little seen Four Friends (aka Georgia's Friends, 1981), though it doesn't feel like an Arthur Penn film, is nonetheless a very tender and poignant character (and era) study reminiscent in tone and style of John Sayles» The Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979) or Lawrence Kasdan's later The Big Chill (1983).

Yes, you have all worked very hard for very little return in building an empire to be exploited by multinational enterprises, but sadly, your job is almost done and it's time now for you to be given the «boot».