Hilary Mantel Quotes

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

I like the writing life, but it's not something that always makes enough money.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.

Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

My hope is that I hit it big with something, and then I'll have enough of a cushion to carve out time to write a book. That would be my passion project.

Money to me is not a factor in my life.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

Money equals freedom.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble.