Harold Prince Quotes

I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School.

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

So many people wait around for funding, and if they're unsuccessful, they don't make the film; if you've got a good idea, that seems so pointless. There's always a way of doing it; you've just got to find it.

I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?'

Anything I ever wanted, I had to work really hard for. I learned the value of saving my money, trying to make something happen, and being entrepreneurial, even as a really young girl.

I didn't go on a campaign of developers asking, 'Please give me money.'

I am good at raising money.

My challenge is that because I am not self-funding... I'm going out leaning on the generosity of everyday folks.

Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.

When I was an orphan, I was the richest kid at the orphanage because everyone else was complaining about not having anything. But when I discovered that you could get two cents for a Coca-Cola bottle, I would follow people around who were drinking it and ask them if they were almost through with it.

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give.

What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise?

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.

Who's more likely to succeed - someone with high skill and no ambition, or no skill and high ambition? If you're an entrepreneur, you can hire as many skilled people for your business as you want.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

We shall either find a way or make one.

Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.

I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees.