Sean Baker Quotes

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

Always make sure you have your rent. At the end of the month, if you have to eat Ramen for a week because you won't have your rent money, just do it but make sure your rent is all there so you're not stressing about that. As long as you have your rent at least you have somewhere to live.

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.

I worry about putting food on the table, paying for my kids needs, their college fees in years to come. It's about earning enough to have a living to be able to look after your children.

Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle.

I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.

I need to make money. If I don't, I cannot survive.

I need to have the soul bank full as well as pay the credit cards and have a roof over my head.

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?'

I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

Awards do not pay the mortgage.

The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.

There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

I got a rent-stabilized apartment in 1977, and that has made my life as an actor possible.

I have to tell you, I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. It's very difficult for me to say, 'Hey, I can give up my paycheck,' because the reality is, I have financial obligations that I have to meet on a month-to-month basis that doesn't make it possible for me.

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.

I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

The less money you have, the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food.

How much does one person need to live? I've never needed or wanted that much.

I've lived on $400 a month in college. I've lived on it fine.