Jon Krakauer Quotes

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in my position that are like me: they have an opportunity to make a lot of money early in their career, and they do that, and after that, there's nothing to sustain that. There's no art or interest in your craft from the people that want to see you.

Even if you're lucky to have a play on Broadway like 'Chinglish,' you don't necessarily earn enough off it to support the years it takes to get there.

I'm so blessed to have as many jobs that I have, but I do agree that there needs to be some downtime.

My total year's income from working as hard as I possibly could from writing went from like $30 one year to about $70 the next year. And it made me realize that maybe you couldn't really pay the rent that way.

Sometimes we have to take on jobs that we don't love, and I always encourage any creative person to use those as the fuel to do the things that you do love to do, even if they don't pay.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.

I love my job, but it's more than that: I need it.

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I realize I'm probably going to be able to do this for a little while for my living.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.

For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could.

I developed more as an actor in the course of 'Lost' than I had in any period in my career before because they trusted me and allowed me to use the tools that I finally brought out. And quite honestly, it's only been since 'Lost' that I've had any sort of financial stability.

I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet.

Even though I'm already successful and have a career, it is always good to have your eggs in more than one basket.

Teach your daughters, teach your granddaughters, everybody has to have something that they're good at where they can earn a living.

Music will always be my first love, but it was time to diversify into something that had the ability to really create a financial legacy.

Entry-level jobs are excellent opportunites to educate young women about the realities of the financial world and can prepare them for the next move up within the firm or another area of the financial industry.

I have no difficulty with career duality!

I've had moments in my career when I've made more money and had more success than at other times, but I've realized being happy has very little to do with any of that.

You don't have to give up your dreams in order to earn a living - they can go hand in hand.