Tim O'Reilly Quotes

The way I choose projects is based on what I think is most real and most interesting, not on what's paying the most money or what's most popular.

In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it.

I love what I do, and I'm not doing anything either for money or for the sake of some unfulfilled ambition.

This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music.

I don't care if people know who I am or if I make a ton of money, I just love my work so much.

Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

I do things that I actually love and understand.

I don't do something I won't enjoy just for the money. I do it for the fun, for the joy of working.

I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

If you want to make money, that's great, but if you make great music, you're going to make money anyway. Keep your eyes on making a great product. You don't even have to promote it.

I really love being an artist, but I make my money from songwriting.

I do not just play for money.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

That's the secret to happiness. Find something you can make money at that you really love to do.

All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?'

Theatre is my first love; I would not have done it if I didn't love it and certainly not for the money - you really have to believe in it.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

It's quite an easy way to write a concept album about love. Everything boils down to love in the end.

Nothing is a calling card. Everything is what you do. If you do it in order to get somewhere else, you're not actually doing it. If you're thinking, 'What is the weird thing I want to make with my friends?' money and other things will come later.

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.