Quotes About Income

Since I entered the league, half of my checks have always gone into a separate account... I pride myself on doing that. I've done it no matter the size of my contract or salary.

I've never had a huge contract.

Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed.

I made $70,000 in the 1990s, when I was a corporate lawyer. I didn't see that salary again until I was on MSNBC.

Ultimately, I am an employee of a corporation, and that's weird and does contradict some of the things I believe in. But at the same time, I have to make a living.

You have to live. I cannot say you cut off your income and become corrupt.

I'd have to pick cotton for a year to make what I'd make in a week in L.A.

I found that women entrepreneurs earn 50% less than their male counterparts.

Private equity does pay very well, and my counterparts, guys that I grew up with who are still working at a number of firms, all make a lot of money.

I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?'

No matter how creatively satisfying theatre might be, it is a poorly-paid medium, which is sad.

I mean, when I went to go get a loan as a creator, when I went to get a loan from the bank, I was in escrow for 90 days. The bank wouldn't give me a loan when I tried to buy a house, because they didn't understand how I made money. They said, 'Send us your pay stubs from your job.' I said, ' What are pay stubs?' because I didn't have a job.

If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.

I'm lucky because my likeability is not crucial to my bankability.

Revenue cures everything in the business world.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

The thing about us businesspeople is that we love our customers rich and our employees poor.

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there.

There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.

One fundamental issue which Trump did take advantage of was the increasing disparities of income in the United States. So many people saw the rich getting richer and it not being spread around. It's affecting European politics, too, now.

I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.

You see, we all want the same things. We want to be able to take care of our families, provide for our children, to have a roof over our heads and a good-paying job.