Peter Finch Quotes

Money is not something that's very important to me.

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.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

And I would never accept a film because of the money. I have enough money.

I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

I won't make a movie for money ever again.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

My choice of films has never been governed by money. That is perhaps why I don't have a very fancy bank account. I'd rather get respect and creative satisfaction through my work than just earn money.

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

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

Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

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

Don't run after shows and money.

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.

Money Isn't that important to me.

I'm calculated in other things, but not in what I make.

Money never meant that much to me.

My focus is not necessarily about money as much as people think.

I'm not really a person that needs to make a lot of money. The money is great for an easy life, but at the same time, it's not very important.

Money shouldn't be the driver for where you spend your time.