"I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else"
- Mark Haddon
About this Quote
This quote by Mark Haddon talks to the value of delighting in the work you do. It suggests that when the pleasure of a job fades, it is time to move on and discover something else. This is a tip to remain passionate and engaged in the work we do. It is necessary to recognize when the pleasure of a job has gone and to take the required actions to discover something else that brings us complete satisfaction. This quote is a tip to remain real to ourselves and to not choose a job that no longer brings us pleasure. It is a pointer to make the effort to discover something that we genuinely delight in and to not hesitate to make a change when necessary.
This quote is written / told by Mark Haddon somewhere between September 26, 1962 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from England.
The author also have 31 other quotes.
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"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
"Janet Reno, during her confirmation hearings, said she would come down harder on porno, and lately she's talked about how violence on television has an effect on violence in the real world"
"I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent"
