#125

I’m so tired of being poor and unimportant.

#70

The difference between being famous and being normal is that famous people have figured out how to market their mediocrity.

#54

People will trick you into believing that you’re talented if you pay them enough. That’s why I never developed any sort of trust in my professors.

#45

Which rung of the corporate ladder makes the bosses forget that, if given the choice between an office chair and a couch, most people will choose the latter?

#38

I don’t want these things nearly as much as I want to want them.

#29

I drink coffee and apply for jobs on the train ride to work. Something about that process gives me a sense of hope and optimism that I am counting on to get me through the morning meeting.

It lasts about 7 minutes.

#26

Will Work For the Money To Buy Food

#25

Nine times out of ten, I love what I do. I truly do love my job. That one time comes on the first of every month when the rent is due, and I sit plagued by the unwavering belief that everyone else is off tossing hundred dollar bills from a second story balcony of a house they can afford to own while dancing to “Just Got Paid.”

#19

Being A Writer Is An Economic Privilege:

The Financial Viability of Creative Careers

#18

“Will you be taking time off in the summer? Do you have any plans?”

“Um… mostly just paying rent. So I’ll be here.”