The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices may be inefficient, but an army of people ignoring their morality is horrifying.
Joel SteinIf you're at my level and you go to a bookstore, even a good turnout is not that many people. Sometimes it is. But for the most part, it's not a huge turnout.
Joel SteinI've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do.
Joel SteinEarly on, even in college, I figured out that it was just more interesting to me to create content than to write about other people. So that makes it more marketable.
Joel SteinI wish I'd legitimately talked about some painful moments in my life where I felt insufficient as a kid.
Joel SteinBeing in New York and having worked at Time Out New York and then being at Time, living in New York for a long time has helped because I know everybody. And they're the people who call me and give me jobs. So that kind of real networking, which is just living in a place and having jobs where people around you are extremely successful, has helped me tremendously.
Joel Stein