Quotes by Jonathan Raymond

About Jonathan Raymond:

Jonathan Raymond is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for writing the novels The Half-Life and Rain Dragon, and for writing the short stories and screenplays for the films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy (both directed by Kelly Reichardt). He also wrote the screenplays for Meek's Cutoff and Night Moves, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his teleplay writing on the HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it.

Jonathan Raymond

Technology ventures can succeed with very little investment, unlike many other industries. A lot of the big Internet players like Google or Yahoo were started by a couple of guys with computers. Microsoft was started in Bill Gates' garage.

Jonathan Raymond

Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to see if it will be paid. If it continues to bounce they charge a $30 overdraft every time. So, one bounced check will rack up $90 for th...

Jonathan Raymond

I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind of thing. But no, contemporary urban theorists seem satisfied with the merely livable, which always ...

Jonathan Raymond

You can't know what the future holds, though you might conjecture on it, and if you're psychic, you might venture a guess.

Jonathan Raymond

Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money.

Jonathan Raymond

You can't know what you don't know. You can't know about things you have yet to discover.

Jonathan Raymond

Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize.

Jonathan Raymond

It was Dell who came out with their build-on-demand process, where they are able to keep a zero balance inventory. That means they don't purchase parts until an order is received. That is a way to greatly reduced overhead, since you don't need to war...

Jonathan Raymond

Why do I have an issue with banks? They have their greedy fingers in everyone's money. No other industry has the power to deduct a bill or fees directly from your own bank account without so much as a notice.

Jonathan Raymond

People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like these people who can't or won't pay their bills are the dregs of society.

Jonathan Raymond

Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not entirely bizarre, either, as I have done some work in film before, and even directed a ridiculous, cable-access feature back...

Jonathan Raymond

The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game.

Jonathan Raymond

Author Bio

  • NameJonathan Raymond
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Novelist