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I've been rich; I've been poor. I've been successful; I've been decimated. And the way I felt inside didn't change dramatically. It's less stressful to have money, that's for sure. But that doesn't mean I felt fulfilled. So I've learned to live in the smaller moments of life. ”
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. ”
Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight. ”
I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that. ”
I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political statement. Even if you are writing a 19th-century novel where the money comes from a plantation in the Caribbean and you don't talk about that, that itself is a political thing. ”
You don't make money when you buy stocks. And you don't make money when you sell stocks. You make money by waiting. ”
Before starting my own investment funds, the only models I was aware of were those of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Their models made a lot of sense to me, so I cloned them. ”
When I ran a small IT services business in the 1990s, it had strong recurring revenues - yet I couldn't accurately forecast cash flow for even the next few quarters. Small changes in the customer base or losing/hiring a few key employees could create massive swings in cash flow. ”
It was in Delhi when I started doing jingles and making money through music. ”
Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line. ”