Gordon Parks Quotes

I've had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and travel and learn languages - things most people don't get the opportunity to do.

I had a wonderful and very successful career in New York and had the privilege of working with some of the best editors and publishers in the business.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.

Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.

Starting young has definitely helped my success. All the experience I gained by touring with other players as a backing artist helped to prepare me for my own big break.

Prada is such a huge company, and it was an honour to work with them and so early on in my career.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.

I think everyone at some point in their career would like the opportunity to go back to their alma mater, but from a timing standpoint, it's just never worked.

My life is not very different from what it was 20 years ago. In fact, my career hasn't changed much since I was 22.

I got an opportunity to do varied roles so early in my career.

Don't focus on reaching the C-Suite. Focus on doing great work and serving your customers and community. That's how you can find the right opportunities and get the skills and experience to get to the top in your career.

At the beginning of my career before anything started propelling, I used to blow up everybody. I was trying to work with whoever got next.

Coming to Pakistan has been unbelievable. It is the best thing of my career.

I never expect someone to work with me forever. I want to give you the experience needed so that when it is time to pursue what you want to in life you are ready.

The truth is I've trained myself for much of my career.

I have always been an advocate of players and coaches going abroad if that's the right opportunity.

I think I integrated that over the first couple of years that I was out of school, mostly in auditions, to be honest.

One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.

When I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing. Sometimes mentors don't find you - sometimes you seek them out. You shouldn't hesitate to plop herself in someone's office and ask them to be that support.... Oftentimes, they're flattered and glad to lend a hand. So I would encourage any reader to seek out a mentor, then follow through and be very focused and persistent.