Steven Soderbergh Quotes

The thing about the max is, you're worth whatever somebody is willing to pay you, in my mind.

How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.

Nothing of value is free.

You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.

To force a change, sometimes you need to stand up. You know what you're worth - rather than what your employer is paying you.

In broadcasting, especially 'cause people are more public, it's hard to be like 'so what are you making?' Finding that information is huge when you're negotiating a contract. You wanna make sure that you're in the same ballpark.

The amount of work we have to do to get to that Octagon, we should be getting paid what we're worth.

Everyone gets a raise when they do well. No one asked me what I got for my initial films. There was a time I got paid Rs. 6 lakh. I charge what producers are willing to pay me.

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

Since nothing is free, to each his price.

To be very honest, my reason for getting away from 'Pepsi Battle of the Bands' was because I was on tour. I wanted to be on tour, and the amount I was asking for, they said that they couldn't pay it.

Price, taken by itself, is nothing but the monetary expression of value.

If there's something as good as [him] in my life, I'm going to pay for it.

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

What are you guys doing? If you anted me to take a shower, all you had to do was pay me ten bucks, like you usually do

And charge it please.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.

Overpay good baby-sitters.

I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" she lights her cigarette with my lighter and looks at me through the flame: her eyes tell me. look," I say, "I don't think I can ever pay that price again.

One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything.

We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time.

How can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for?

The more we pay for any truth, the better is our bargain.

I run a business. People want to work for less money, I pay them less money. ... Women shouldn’t be so grateful. Know what you’re worth. Walk away.