Jennifer Konner Quotes

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.

I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them.

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

I was a waitress for nine years, which I don't regret at all. It taught me about discipline. I was always writing; it took a long time to make a career of it.

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.

There's only one thing I know what to do, so I'm pretty much otherwise unemployable. The idea that you can make a living from exercising your only skill is wonderful. And it's wonderful to be read. It's a really exciting and happy thing to be read.

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was calling in sick in order to work on my novel.

I'm very proud of 'Gavin and Stacey,' but I think I have to write something else even to start to consider myself a writer. Just because you do something once, it doesn't mean that's who you are. I played football last night; it doesn't mean I'm a footballer.

I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.

When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.

In today's world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me.

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

I wanted to be a writer, to write these stories that would make people see the world in a different way. But I ended up going to business school because I thought I could ultimately get to where I wanted to go faster that way.

It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.

Nurses don't get paid very much. It didn't take long to realize that I could make more as a writer. I loved nursing, but I loved writing more.