Quotes

The people I worked for, in their own words

Every line here was said to me by someone I worked for. I never asked any of them to be my mentor. I worked for them—in whatever trench they needed me in—and somewhere in the work, each of them said something that landed and never left.

If you’re on this wall, it’s because I worked for you and you said something to me that really hit.

Each entry has its own page in the record—numbered, dated, and kept for as long as this site stands.

  1. Entry No. 0003 “No, an analogy is that your hair looks like a rat's nest and you should run a comb through it; metaphorically, your hair is a rat's nest and it might behoove you to run a fucking comb through it.” — Holly Pavlika Open the entry ›
  2. Entry No. 0002 “We top models have a saying: 'men who can, make money; men who can't, make t-shirts'” — Lonneke Engel, Top Model, principal of the lonneke.com commission Open the entry ›
  3. Entry No. 0001 “Most people just want to be in the audience— and we love 'em!” — Marc Calamia, Creative director, Big Fuel Open the entry ›
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