“In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.” PeopleWorldHumansStillsDoneHelpingShowsJobsThreeFoundSpeakSportsHoursMy OwnCitiesMorningEventsMajorsRelationJazzLeavingAthleteRadioCampaignsFlyingPlanesTapeContinentsClientsPublic RelationsSporting Events Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography