Neena Gupta Quotes

I was scared by social media - just scared of what I might attract. Once I broke onto that thing, because I needed it for my band to tell people about shows, I realized, 99 percent of the time, people are funny, clever, inventive, beautiful.

I see myself as a recovering journalist.

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.

When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

But, you know, sometimes - many - they all understand. That's the nice thing. They were all very happy for me and they understand why I decided to come to CNN. So in that respect, I know that they think it's the best thing for me to do.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I wasn't using my skills productively. I gave up photography - I walked away from it completely - and started doing care work.

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

When I got laid off, I would write my friends these 15-page-long emails. This was before people had personal emails, and my friends would tell me that I was going to get them fired if I kept sending them stuff, so I started a website.

I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. It was too abstract, too far removed from human concerns.

I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.

Getting fired by this guy Carter is the best thing that ever happened to you.

I was 55 and I realized that if I didn’t leave Congress then, I would have to stay there [till retirement]. I would not be able to do anything else. I left when I still could…. Besides. Congress had become like a Junior High School Lunchroom throwing food at each other.

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

I expect that it won't be an easy road once 'The L Word' is over, but I'm gonna do everything in my power during my time off to do other things that show another side of me.

I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.

When you're just making something in your room, you're not thinking that this box with a screen is gonna make you famous. You don't think you're putting yourself out there, because you don't see it on the other side.

I think social media has been really great for me.

As my athletic career was coming to an end in 2007, I asked myself, do I want to work for somebody, or go out and make a difference?

I was out of work for, probably, about six months. I had a clear idea about what I wanted to do - I wanted to be in TV so I went to meeting after meeting after meeting. I had a six-month-old baby and a family to support.

When I came back to Hong Kong in 1992, I decided to pursue a new career challenge.

I gave 100 per cent, 100 per cent of the time I played for Liverpool. Five years, I did everything I could possibly do. I love this club, but it is time for a new adventure.

I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.