Quotes of: Paid Keyword

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

Irwin Shaw

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

Irwin Shaw

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn’t get paid for it.

Irwin Shaw

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

Brendan Fraser

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

Brendan Fraser

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

Bryant H. McGill

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

Golda Meir

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

Graham Yost

There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.

David Graeber

I wish I could be a model, and then I could have this fantastic body and parade around and get paid for it.

Julie Dreyfus

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

Chuck Inglish

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors.

Henry Cabot Lodge

I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.

Hilary Mantel

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

Larry Wall

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

Townsend Harris

Nelle Harper Lee: You paid him to say that. Truman Capote: How did you know?

Capote

Professor Henry Higgins: I paid five pounds for her. She's mine!

My Fair Lady

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.

Andrew Davies

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

Scott Patterson

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

Natan Sharansky

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

Mary Lou Retton