Behinds Quote by Anthony Bourdain

In my 20s, I was a freelance writer with little money and living in a rabbit warren one-and-a-half-bedroom with a roommate.

— Alissa Quart

You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship.…

— Jacques Pepin

When I started go-go dancing on tables for a living, I didn't want to tell my mom or my dad. I made 25 dollars…

— Goldie Hawn

There was a time when I couldn't pay my mortgage, and I was really famous.

— Alison Hammond

We lived in two rooms, sharing a kitchen and bathroom. We moved a lot - I suspect because we couldn't pay the rent.

— Jean Marsh

I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house and had…

— Peter Jones

For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

— John Burnside

I met my wife, I had no money, I had nothing, and I started my family without really, my career was nowhere, but I…

— Greg Grunberg

I spent my late twenties and all of my thirties figuring out what I was supposed to be doing and where my home was.

— Faith Salie

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

— Antonio Banderas

For many years, I didn't have a home.

— Ruth Westheimer

I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to…

— Peter Carey