Matt Riddle Quotes

I worry about putting food on the table, paying for my kids needs, their college fees in years to come. It's about earning enough to have a living to be able to look after your children.

There was no drive because I wanted to become a great designer... I had two small children and a mother, and we all had to eat. That's the drive I had.

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

I have to tell you, I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. It's very difficult for me to say, 'Hey, I can give up my paycheck,' because the reality is, I have financial obligations that I have to meet on a month-to-month basis that doesn't make it possible for me.

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.

I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

When it comes to money, I provide for my family, and that's important to me.

You can have a passion for something, but you still have to pay the bills.

I thought it'd be different. Kind of like, a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders, as I don't have to worry about finances for the rest of my life, or my family's. But it wasn't like that. It was more - there's things I need to get done.

Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.

I'm always workin', man. I gotta pay the light bills.

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.

I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.

I don't think most people understand that when I wasn't running for president, I was working. Because I have to earn income. I have three kids in college. And three in school. And I have a little girl that has a lot of special needs. So I've got to work for a living. I was working already.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

What people don't always understand is that I established a certain lifestyle for my family back in the days of 'Species' and 'Mulholland Falls' and 'The Getaway.' I wasn't about to move my six kids into a trailer park. So when people offered me work, it wasn't always the best, but I had to buy groceries, and I had to put gas in the car.

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

We all have to pay our bills. We all have to pay our taxes. Straight up.

I promise not to take my thousands of dollars in student loan debt and move to Mexico. At least not right away.

I need to make money for my family and my future family. I'm not a YOLO person.

What matters to every family in the country is that the cost of living is controlled.

I got a family to take care of and kids to feed. That's my motivation, this is my job.