First job Quote by Peter Jones

I had just turned 28 and sold my first book, a travel guide for vegetarians, but I'd tell people about the day job that…

— James Bernard Frost

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

— Johanna Lindsey

We're in a situation where talented, motivated school leavers and graduates can send off a hundred CVs and not get a reply, and where…

— Jameela Jamil

I didn't write anything until I was well over 30.

— Penelope Lively

I got the job I wanted when I was 22, and I'm not going to give it up now.

— Melvyn Bragg

I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my age, to…

— Richard Flanagan

At age 28, I had no retail experience, no consumer marketing experience and no real Internet experience. But I decided I wanted to work…

— Mariam Naficy

In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV…

— Jeffrey C. Hall

Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The Hill' newspaper.…

— David Grann

I've been lucky. I've never really had a job that I did that I didn't like.

— Justin Hartley

I have been written off my whole career.

— Diego Sanchez

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job -…

— Joanne Harris