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There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.

Most people need the money all the time.

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.