When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is…

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job.

— Matt Dillon

We aren't defined by our work. People think if you over-identify with your work, then that must mean you're giving over too much of…

— Melissa Gira Grant

The big message is that we need to reimagine and re-engineer how we work - what does work mean and how do we measure…

— Brigid Schulte

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and…

— Susan Powter

I ended up having an epiphany that no body of work I put out will ever mean as much to me as '3:33 AM.'

— Amber Mark

Life means work, and hard work, if you mean to succeed.

— Lady Randolph Churchill

I never liked to work, I mean manual work.

— P. T. Barnum

I wanted to be a therapist if the acting didn't work. I also did a lot waitressing and odd jobs. I'd audition but couldn't…

— Jennifer Aniston

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a…

— Chris Stapleton

Being a hungry artist, you don't have the luxury of buying whatever you want. There were years of me doing a lot of odd…

— Eric Nam

It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.

— Moliere

I had a lot of different jobs between fifteen and nineteen. I'd moved out of my house way, way younger than I should have.…

— Ryan Reynolds

“I keep myself busy with odd jobs, but it doesn’t really help. Every nerve, every cell, every sense of my entire being is focused…

— M. Leighton

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.

— David Lynch