Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

Each morning sees some task begun each evening sees it close Something attempted something done has earned a night's repose.

I used to get my money at the end of the week buy my mum something or buy a record and that was it.

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

I'd never had money growing up and it's never been that important to me except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

Don't make music for some vast unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.