Once you take away the struggle for food, clothing and shelter, work is the one four letter word that offends everyone.
I worked at Little Caesar's for about two days, bro. I was out. That's the only job I've ever had.
It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.
I never thought I would start working again, and I did, but it was really hard, and I don't know that I would advise anyone to step back the way I did.
Some of us wake up in the morning and just wonder how it is any of us actually sustain a paid job.
If the founder comes to work every day, and it's a struggle, that permeates the whole organization.
Both my parents are actors, and I saw them struggle with work, waiting for phone calls.
I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work.
I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment.
