Forum: Professional

“If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.” – Jane Fonda

My mom is 96. She grew up poor and never had much money, but that didn’t stop her from impacting countless others all over the world. Mom was...

“It seems to me that since I’ve had children, I’ve grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I...

“I loathe drudgery as much as anyone else; but I have learned that the only way to conquer drudgery is to get through it as neatly, as efficiently,...

“Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we are more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn...

“Your take-home pay is not what you earn. It’s what you earn plus what you learn. I’ve never worked anywhere or with anyone unless the ‘learn’...

“I could have let eighteen firings prevent me from doing what I wanted. Instead, I let them spur me on.” – Sally Jessy Raphael

“I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher’s desk, there are at least five or six that died on...

“Those who can tolerate ambiguity and make decisions in the face of uncertainty will rise to the top.” – Helen Peters

“I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn’t all that...

“Working mother is a misnomer. It implies that any mother without a definite career is indolently not working, lolling around eating bon-bons,...

“Women are deceiving themselves if they think the daily office grind is more glamorous and rewarding than being in the home.” – Catherine Marshall

“I can’t write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.” – Sir Walter Raleigh