E. L. Doctorow Quotes

I've been with the paper for almost 30 years.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I've been in this business since I was 15 years old and will continue to be in it until I say I'm done.

My mother obviously was in the publishing business.

I had best friends who were in the industry, and I'm like, it's cool if you get a job, and I'm happy.

When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again.

I've held the title for years and years.

I was very lucky that I never had any serious injury. But it was the love and passion for the game that got me playing for so long.

Maintaining longevity is a major part of success to me. So many people come into an industry quick, shoot to the top, then crash and burn.

You know, it's a long season and hopefully a long career.

I want longevity in this career.

I am all for career, whether pre- or post-marriage.

William Shatner is living proof that if you are talented and nice, you can work in this industry forever.

I want to be like an Undertaker and be around so when your music hits, people go crazy because of that respect that you've earned over 20, 25 years of going on the ride for them.

I will continue to act for as long as I can.

I don't want to be the next hottest thing, I want longevity.

I want to play this game as long as possible, and I want to do it as long as I can here in Chicago.

It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive.

I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't get to do that in this profession.

I've been able to have some longevity here with the Chargers. It is unique.

So long as I'm relevant, and so long as my health permits and people still want me, I will continue.

I'm going to be the coach at Florida as long as they'll have me.

If you look at my career, it's been nothing but consistency.

Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman, and HarperCollins, mostly as an acquisitions editor. But a more accurate title for that job might be rejection editor: while I acquired maybe a dozen projects per year, I'd reject hundreds upon hundreds.

I've had two jobs and one wife.