Miguel McKelvey Quotes

Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.

When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

That's a tough question; I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job.

Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless.

Aside from a brief stint as a writing tutor during graduate school, I have managed to avoid respectable employment all my adult life.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.

A lot of times when people are released or, unfortunately, get fired, they almost scramble for what it is they are going to do next. I think when you are no longer working under a big, corporate umbrella, you have to be your own brand, your own enterprise. That was my thought process before I left.

I never had a job. I never saw myself working for corporate business.

The only person who would employ me without a degree was myself.

I just kind of went from being a standup, one-man band, to then kind of breezing back and working with other people. And now I'm just trying to be a legitimate guy who pays the rent, you know.

I started working in London, and I've been free-lance ever since.

In 2012, when I left MTV, irregular income started.

When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it's very difficult to succeed.

I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.

I never had a month or so go by where I haven't had a job, but you always worry that someone will turn off the tap.

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.

There was a moment there when it was getting really bad and everyone was being let go. I was, like, 'Can I get fired, please? Can I move on with my life?

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

I'm not afraid of not working.

My dream isn't running a studio or doing anything managerial in any way, shape, or form.

I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.