“There have been people who represent something very symbolic and I've been freaked out interviewing them.” PeopleHas BeensSymbolic Author:Joel Stein
“I try to see what that person is thinking or feeling about that particular day. I just get more of a sense of what that person's like and hopefully it's more interesting than a normal conversation.” ThinkingTryingPersonsFeelingsInterestingParticularConversationNormalHopefully Author:Joel Stein
“When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it to lots of places. And I thought someone would run my column, I thought it was popular, and no one wanted it.” RunningWantedPushingOver ItColumnsReally SadPushing It Author:Joel Stein
“People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantedAsksIdentityBe GoodHost Author:Joel Stein
“As journalism dies, I kind of feel like I want some skills besides writing. I'd like to be able to write movies or host TV shows or whatever. Things that I might actually not inherently like quite as much, but are interesting and fun things to do. A good backup plan.” WantFeelsWritingKindShowsMightAbleDiesFunInterestingPlansTvsSkillsJournalismThings To DoHostTv ShowsFun ThingsBackupBackup Plan Author:Joel Stein
“Early on, even in college, I figured out that it was just more interesting to me to create content than to write about other people. So that makes it more marketable.” PeopleWritingInterestingCollege Author:Joel Stein
“I'm good at marketing myself through the columns. But compared to other people I know, as far as networking and pushing yourself out there, I'm not very good at that.” PeopleKnowsVery GoodMarketingPushingNetworkingColumnsPush Yourself Author:Joel Stein
“Being in New York and having worked at Time Out New York and then being at Time, living in New York for a long time has helped because I know everybody. And they're the people who call me and give me jobs. So that kind of real networking, which is just living in a place and having jobs where people around you are extremely successful, has helped me tremendously.” PeopleKnowsGivingKindLongRealJobsSuccessfulNew YorkLong TimeGive MeCall MeNetworking Author:Joel Stein