Lawrence Wright Quotes

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation.

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money.

I would never judge anyone for going anywhere for money.

I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.

There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems.

For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put up the money.

When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money.

You know, I'm not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I'm going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I'm no millionaire!

Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.

People pigeonhole me - I'm known for raising more money than any man alive.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.

No matter how much money I ever get, I'm going to want to provide for my family and never have to go back to really struggling. You don't ever want to go outside, you don't ever want to be left in the cold. You want to be safe.

Money is the most important thing because there might be a time when you have no label behind you and you have to carry yourself. Money is the only thing that can shield you.

Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.