Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key to the pleasure level of any transaction is the balance between the pain of the payment and the reward of the purchased object.
I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you'll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you'll realise that you're...
When I started earning money from screen-writing, for a long time my only indulgences were books.
Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.
No movie has ever got enough time. It doesn't matter how much money you've got, and it doesn't matter how much money you've not got. You never finish on time. You're always up against it and you're always working up until the end.
I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.
My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team. We charged money for tickets, saying the proceeds went to our school's recycling program. Then, immediately after t...
A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.
Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.
My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?
Tacked above my desk are photos of artists I admire - Hopper, Sargent, Twain - and postcards from beloved bookstores where I've spent all my time and money - Tattered Cover, Elliot Bay, Harvard Bookstore.
We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.
Money has a way of trumping even the gravest of enemies over time.
I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me.
Artists need support, time and money to develop their ideas, and if people rip stuff off, you don't have to be that brilliant to figure out that you're ultimately going to affect the end product.
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.
Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
I'm not anti-middle-class in the slightest. Look at me! I am very pro people putting time and money and effort into trying to improve the world.
You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value your time and money.
If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 9...
