Richard Matheson Quotes

Very few people can afford to be poor.

If I was born into a household with anxiety about money, I wouldn't have had as much freedom to be in my own world. So it's impossible for me to divorce the privilege of my childhood from the other things.

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.

The problem was money and the indignities of life without it. Every stroller, cell phone, Yankees cap, and SUV he saw was a torment. He wasn't covetous, he wasn't envious. But without money he was hardly a man.

For, when you are approaching poverty, you make one discovery which outweighs some of the others. You discover boredom and mean complications and the beginnings of hunger, but you also discover the great redeeming feature of poverty: the fact that it annihilates the future. Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear.

Think I'm gettin' sick, I'm feelin' illegal/ And not having money is the root of all evil

Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

You know, your whole life you're concerned about money for this and that. And then you don't have to worry about it, so you worry about other stuff.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.

Worrying about bills, food, or other problems leaves less capacity to think ahead or to exert self-discipline. So, poverty imposes a mental tax.

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.

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

My parents didn't have any money.