J. A. Konrath Quotes

The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless, every time it is sold, part of the profit has to come back to you.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.

There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain - do something to make more money yourself.

It has become clear that the function of a private health insurance is to make as much money as possible. Every dollar not paid out in claims is another dollar made in profits for the company.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

Like having your own licence to print money.

My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.

I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it.

You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.

What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.

Remember, if your business isn't making money, then you and your employees aren't, either.

Never argue with a profit.

It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.