“Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial uncertainty. Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren't. Career is the thing that will not fill you up and will never make you truly whole.” ThinkingWholeTogetherJobsPastOpportunityPleasureOpinionCareersRegretFoolAnxietyAddFinancialUncertaintyPanicPublic OpinionRemindingPast Regrets Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“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
“If sexuality is beginning in such a skewed way: that boys expect to receive sexual pleasure and girls are expected to give it without reciprocation, is that why young women, even unintentionally, turn to getting something else in return for sex? Whether it be popularity, career success, professional attention.” IfsWayGivingYoungTurnsGirlSexPleasureAttentionBoysCareersReturnSexualityExpectedPopularityYoung WomenCareer Success Author:Cris Mazza
“One of the greatest pleasures of working on shows is that I enjoy watching the actors - who are all younger than me now - and their careers. I love seeing how they're doing and seeing them getting good gigs and doing well.” WellsShowsActorsEnjoyPleasureCareersSeeingGigsGreatest Pleasures Author:Kelly Bishop