Back to work Quote by Gail Collins

I was at CBS News on a fluke. I replaced somebody who was on vacation. I worked as a copy boy, then became a…

— James L. Brooks

One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio…

— Gretchen Carlson

The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.

— CM Punk

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from…

— Rory Bremner

I was surprised when shortly after New Year's Day of 1983, the Governor of Texas summoned me to his office, because I hadn't been…

— James A. Michener

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

— Elinor Lipman

Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired

— Tommy Kirk

I wanted to work; it's not right for a princess of the royal house to be commercial, so Andrew and I decided to make…

— Sarah Ferguson

Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled.

— Matt Lauer

I was fired from my own television show, CBS's Family Law. It was the second time this had happened in my career, the first…

— Paul Haggis

I was married and I got a divorce.

— Tayshia Adams