self-made quotes

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

I’m different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I’ve built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image… My image is real… I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.