John Steinbeck Quotes

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.

I just want to be able to have fun, make a living, feed my family and create something that I'm proud of, and I'm all those things. It's great.

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.

The perfect thing for me is to be on something I love, where I'm doing it and have enough money not to be poor, and I'm allowed to go on vacation.

I'm just happy to be doing a job that I love.

I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.

I make a living doing what I love doing, and it's what brings me joy.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

I am one of the lucky people in the world: I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.

It is the passion inside me that means I keep going. I love what I do, and I think I am lucky to do it. When I am riding a quiet country road, I hear the birds singing and think, 'I am in my office now.'

I love what I do. I'm still humble.

I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success.

You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights.

I'm very fortunate because I love what I'm doing.

I've had bad days and good days in my life, but I've never had a day when I didn't enjoy that red light going on. Whether on the radio, or on television, there's still a little bump every time it goes on. And if you can spend a life, if you can get paid well for doing something you absolutely love, well you can't beat that.

Working at what you enjoy is far more important than what you're working at.

The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'

The worst days of those who enjoy what they do are better than the best days of those who don't.

I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.