Marco Arment Quotes

The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.

Why isn't it natural for people who have lived and worked at something to want to use the knowledge and capacity in a new way, free from the burden of making a living?

For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.

I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me.

I'm proud I've been able to pay my rent doing what I love because I hate real jobs.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

I've never liked the idea of working for other people.