Joan Will Do Anything for Money

“For five hundred dollars, I’ll write for Hitler,” she says. “Five hundred dollars when you’re starving and you’ve got a car payment due? Here’s what I’m saying: ‘You go through any door that opens.’ In the beginning, you go through the doors. You don’t know which is going to be the one.”

— Joan Rivers on Fresh Air. Rivers is 79 and has a new book out about things she hates (I Hate Everyone — Starting With Me). Two years ago when A Piece of Work came out, I was totally blown away by how much this lady works (she works a LOT). She doesn’t say no to anything and just hustles. How do you do it? Is it a pill you take? A certain yoga pose? Joanie I love youuuuuu show me the wayyyyyyyy.

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