Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.
Herbert Gold
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.
Marcel Achard
My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in theatre, and said `Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an actor.` A couple of weeks after I graduated college I called my mother up and said `Ca...
Arsenio Hall
Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.
Reese Witherspoon