Jonathan Lethem Quotes

Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.

I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.

If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.

We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.

The only thing I did well was learn how to make money.

I actually almost made a million dollars while in high school.

Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).

I'm not averse to earning someone; in fact I'd love to earn some money. But also my choices of movies don't tend to make money but I get to make interesting films. But it doesn't mean I don't want to earn shitloads of cash.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.

We all know a variety of ways to make a living. What's even more fascinating is figuring out ways to make a fortune.

Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.

Income seldom exceeds personal development.