Job Quotes
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A founder is the emotional energy aorta of a company. The energy that emanates from a founder attracts people and capital to the endeavor. When that energy goes away, it can feel impossible to do the job.
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After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I got a call saying, 'We're about to shoot 'Ninja Turtles' in three or four months; do you wanna come in and do a little work on the script?' That was the beginning of a many-month 'Ninja Turtle' odyssey.
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To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and have experiences and they can just be rich and famous. Their job is to write. Some really don't realize that. And you can't write unless you read.
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The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.
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I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping - insurance agencies, nonprofits - and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn't even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest.
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A band's first album's usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.
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My personal challenge as an artist has been having a day job which is intellectually satisfying and fun - and thus can easily supplant the desire to make art.
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I didn't know music would end up being my job, but I loved it so much I wanted to do it every day.
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Football's my No. 1 love, but basketball's right up there also. This job has prepared me for any other job I take.
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You can have the coolest job in the world, but it only seems cool until you get sick of it.
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Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.
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My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future.
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I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.
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I have many interests, but working a traditional day job is not one of them!
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When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.
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I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.
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Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.
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I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a living as a jazz musician in Australia. So I went for an audition and got an acting job and, fortunately, I completely fell in love with that.
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I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.
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Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job.
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Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.
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Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay.
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I always am a firm believer in you compensate people for their job, and so I did give them bonuses. We accomplished a lot in Congress, we passed health care reform. There were threats against their lives; they had a tough two years. They'd forgone any cost-of-living increase or any bonus before.
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I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.
