It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm disappointed about how my career ended.
There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled.
Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.
I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.
The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities.
It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working.
How can you not be affected by disappointments relating to work you love so much?
I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy. So I wrenched myself away from that. I had to. I had to walk away from America and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career because I knew, otherwise, my demons would get the better of me.
The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
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