Quotes about "Gig Economy & Freelancing"

I hope my pieces have an authenticity to them, but my job is to filter the world and tell a story, not to define and recreate exactly what's going on. ”

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life. ”

If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms. ”

My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life. ”

I try to stay focused on the work and recognize that I've been very lucky. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with actors, but I've seen that recognition comes and goes, so all there really is is your family and friends. You have to maintain those constants in your life. Maintain what's beyond your work. ”

I didn't take into account the critical tsunami that comes with having work going out. I've gone from being a complete narcissist, someone who googles my own name, to someone who has to work separately from that to avoid creative paralysis. ”

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner. ”

Even if you've been a coward all your life, death is a heroic act. ”

It's quite good when you fall flat on your bum on a creative level. Critics can hate what I do, or I've got something completely wrong, and it's good because that ego thing gets zapped for a while. ”

All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night. ”