“One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.” YearsThreeDealsCareersFourMaterialsAlbumsHardestReleaseFour YearsHardest Thing Author:Al Yankovic
“I made my career off posing in swimsuits and doing all the swimsuit issues and posters, but I will tell you that that little bit of material on an itsy-bitsy bikini - taking that off was very nerve-racking the first time.” FirstsLittlesMadeBitsCareersIssuesMaterialsLittle BitFirst TimeNervesPostersBikinisPosingSwimsuits Author:Cindy Margolis
“Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is working to perfect their being. Some people think that the material world will make them happy.” PeopleThinkingWorldPersonsTwoJobsSuccessSidesPerfectCareersMaterialsBuddhismPaychecksMaterial World Author:Frederick Lenz
“So, you know, I think any life has in it enough material, enough points of departure, to fuel a writer's career and that we shouldn't worry about what we're not but to try to focus on what we are and what we do know.” ThinkingKnowsTryingEnoughCareersWorryFocusMaterialsFuelDeparture Book:Conversations with John Updike Source: Conversations with John Updike
“What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.” NeedsI CanHouseCareersPlansBuildingMaterialsWingsFamily LifeDrafting Author:Ice Cube
“There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that I might've wanted to select to do. But that's the style of my voice. There's nothing I can do about the heighth of my voice. And so I learned to deal with it.” I CanMightWould BeWantedVoiceCan DoDealsCareersStyleMaterialsDeeperSelect Author:Jimmy Scott
“It started off for me as just wanting to be an actor and sort of resenting in a weird way being expected to write as well as be a comedian and an improviser. And then you think about it for a minute, and I smartened up and realized that the only way to sustain a career is to generate your own material. Or to be in control of your career as best you can. And in allowing yourself to do that it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. And then you're like "Oh, producing is a thing."” ThinkingWorldWayWritingWellsWholeActorsCareersMinutesPossibilityMaterialsExpectedComedianAllowingNew World Author:Rob Corddry
“My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if the material events which mark and ballast my career had not their public dates and characters scientifically discoverable.” IfsCharacterPastFictionCareersNovelEventsMaterialsMarkHistoricalSheerRemembranceHistorical NovelsBallast Book:The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
“Now I rewrite more and more severely, and I take great pleasure in cutting thousands of words out of first drafts; I think that's a pleasure worth learning as early as possible in one's career, not least because realizing that one can do it helps one relax into writing the first draft in which it's better to have too much material for later shaping than not enough.” ThinkingWritingFirstsEnoughHelpingCan DoRealizingPleasureCareersToo MuchCuttingMaterialsRelax Author:Ramsey Campbell
“Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story to me rather than any single film career I could have, because I really do find myself interested in other people's ideas. I just want to be responsible with an array of things that engage me and feel vital, opposed to the corporate media out there that is just about making the loudest noises possible.” PeopleWantFeelsIdeasSometimesDoneStoriesFilmStuffCareersMediaMaterialsResponsibleNoiseCorporateRichnessBeing Responsible Author:Larry Fessenden
“Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.” HumansDifferentWould BeChallengesHuman BeingsLevelsActingCareersMaterialsFindingsActressesFrustrationTherapeuticDifferent Levels Author:Vera Farmiga