Andrew Ross Sorkin Quotes

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.

I've been really lucky to work with some of the best writers in the business.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

I used to be a journalist.

I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.

I feel very lucky that I've been able to carve out any niche at all in this business. It's so hard to get into.

I am very lucky to have the opportunity to travel to so many amazing destinations for work!

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course.

I have been lucky enough to work with the world's best designers and top stylists - who have been my mentors.

I've gotten to work with some great people. I've been really lucky.

After the 'X Factor,' there were opportunities everywhere. It was all there waiting for me to enjoy. I didn't understand business.

When I get asked for advice for a young person starting in the music business, I tell them, 'Play every chance you get, and be real lucky.'

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

I wouldn't be the actor I am without New York.

I was lucky to be passionate about a field that was full of opportunity.

I get paid to go work with people I've admired since forever, and I get to learn from them? What? I would pay to go sit and be a fly on the wall!

I just think that I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with some very fine filmmakers in the industry. I worked with some wonderful people on some really interesting projects. So I consider myself very fortunate.

I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.

I've been very lucky that I've interviewed so many different people.

I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?'

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.