Alex Kurtzman Quotes

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want.

I've been lucky. I've never really had a job that I did that I didn't like.

I don't think of careers from a functional perspective or from a subject matter perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What makes you happiest? What are you most passionate about?

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

I joke that I stick with the job because it covers my insurance, but the reality is that my career has always been very important to me.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that you hate, you should quit. That's the way I look at it. I'm in a job that I love, so I'm going to make it my career.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.

I did something a lot of people will have to do in this economy if they want to eventually land their dream job. I turned down an offer to take a high-paying position in another field because it wouldn't fulfill me.

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one.

I know I'll always work. In what form, it really doesn't matter.

If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.

I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.