With experience, you suddenly realise you know how to do things or that you’ve done something like this before. And I think as you get more confident, you can sit back and try and weigh up the options of doing something or not doing something. Joanna Coles Read Quote
I look at my time on this earth as social anthropology, at home and in work life. Joanna Coles Read Quote
At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the ‘Junior Post,’ which was part of the ‘Yorkshire Post,’ and it was just for kids. I read it every week. And I got paid for it. So I thought… ‘I can actually do this. I can get paid to write, and this is going to be fine.’ I wrote several pieces for them. Joanna Coles Read Quote
I think probably the moments of failure have been when I didn’t really understand that other people were around to actually help me. There were moments when I thought I had to solve everything on my own, and I didn’t realize that I had resources. Joanna Coles Read Quote
I don’t really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me. Joanna Coles Read Quote
Make a list of all the people in your life, and rate them in terms of energy in, energy out. Is there anyone in your life right now who is blocking your love quest? Joanna Coles Read Quote
Once I got to the U.S., and I realized we weren’t going to go back to Britain, I was ready to commit to starting a bigger life here. Joanna Coles Read Quote
If you’re in journalism, the U.S. – and New York City in particular – is an exciting place to work. Joanna Coles Read Quote
The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule. Joanna Coles Read Quote
