Virginia Postrel Quotes

I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.

I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

There are things about the single lifestyle that are very appealing.

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.

There isn't anyone in my life who is going to get upset about how much travelling I have to do or whether or not I'm available for drinks that night.

I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.

I work when, and where I want to.

I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.

Obviously the great thing about this job is the complete freedom of the schedule. So long as I meet the deadline, they don't care when I work or how I work.

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.

I roll out of bed in the morning, whenever I want, and I work right away because, to me, that's the life. That's freedom. The whole point for me is that I love the freedom of being an entrepreneur that I do what I want to do when I want to do it.

The best way that I can give my best advice is not to be encumbered with any job with any administration.

You need a lot of comfort and nothing to be on your weight to play as you wish.

At some point, I don't want to have any obligation. And just chill out.

I'd never be tied down for five years interviewing TV personalities.

The best part of being on your own is not really having to answer to anybody. Not that when you're in a relationship you should really have to answer to somebody then, either. Just the freedom of not checking in with someone all the time is nice.

By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free.

I never felt like the nine to five mentality is for me.

That's the nice thing about songwriting: You don't have to punch a clock or be in a specific place to do it. There's really a lot of freedom to it.

Being an entrepreneur does, of course, give you greater freedom than someone who is tied to a fixed work schedule, but you'd be mistaken to think that you're going to have it easier than your 9-5 counterparts.

I'm not a type of grandmother sitting in a rocking chair. I'm a lot in the theater. I'm a lot at concerts. I'm a lot at friends.' I like to go out for dinner. I don't have to be home one night a week if I don't want to.

I'm not doing a 9 to 5 job, so every week is different; one week I might be at home for three or four days, and another week it'll be busier. That's the beauty of my job.