“Take the 1st job you can in the industry you want to get into. The job doesn't matter, getting your foot in the door does.”— Wes Craven, twitter.com
“Look, I couldn’t spend another summer meeting deadlines behind a computer at night when I could be on the rooftop of Le Bain looking for shooting stars and smoking angel dust with my friends and writing a book, which is what I’m doing next.”— Cat Marnell, pagesix.com
“Then I sweetened the pot with traffic-generating stunts like snorting a huge line of Napoleon Perdis jasmine bath salts off a mirror at the office -- a joke on "bath salts" the drug, then trending worldwide -- while my delighted boss filmed me on her iPhone. A week later, Say gave me a twenty-thousa…”— Cat Marnell, amazon.com
“To me, being a beauty editor was better than being president of the United States.”— Cat Marnell, amazon.com
“Samuel Jackson struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction early on in his career. It was so detrimental to his ability to act and function, he was replaced in two different Broadway productions. He tried supporting himself by working as a camera stand-in for Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show and perfor…”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com
“Many if not most women pay for the privilege of being in a serious romantic relationship by taking on multiple full-time jobs, and for me that’s not remotely worth the trade off.”— ad infinitum, jezebel.com
“I'm not sure how to do it: a problem, obviously, but we're not talking about constructing the Brooklyn Bridge. If you try and it doesn't work, you'll try a different way next time. Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.”— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com
“If I had a million dollars, I would quit my job and spend every second with you.”— Courtney Pocock, menwithstyles.com
“You lack confidence at work. Good sex can boost your self esteem, research shows. if you think your confidence at home and work could use a boost, you may want to head to the bedroom.”— Charli Penn, essence.com
“Did they go to a high school with either "Day" or "Prep" in the name, or with the titular formula "The ---- School," where the blank is something majestic and/or Anglo-Saxon sounding? Then they're playing the slow-and-steady, long game, accruing social capital and personal brand gradually, like ants…”— Antonio Garcia Martinez, amazon.com
“Total commitment, like unconditional love, is the only type that matters. The bike-riding, date-night-going types will never give everything to a company or an idea, and are nothing more than complacent bourgeois, whatever trappings of 'disruptive innovator' they may sport, often in the form of pond…”— Antonio Garcia Martinez, amazon.com
“Go after that promotion. It's time to take charge of your professional life, and go after that raise or promotion you want and probably deserve.”— Sadie L. Trombetta, bustle.com
“Network more effectively. Try to become more active on LinkedIn or other professional social networks.”— Jacquelyn Smith, forbes.com
“Improve your work-life balance. Part of this might be working more or fewer hours. If you work late every night, vow to leave the office earlier.”— Jacquelyn Smith, forbes.com
“Make an effort with co-workers. We spend countless hours with the people we work with, but few of us take the time to get to know our colleagues. Building friendships in the workplace can actually relieve stress or tension in the office.”— Philip Ross, ibtimes.com
“If you hate your job, quit your job. Repeat after me: THE MONEY IS NOT WORTH IT. Food and shelter are clutch though, so make sure you have another job lined up.”— Mackenzie Newcomb, elitedaily.com
“For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. If my career were of that better kind that there was any opportunity or capacity of sacrifice in it, I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com