A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.

I went back to bumming around New York, writing freelance stuff for Car & Driver and such.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Freelance isn't for everyone - you've got to be aggressive and enjoy working alone. But you could make more money than you ever imagined.

— Nicole Williams

“Choose and create a circle of proper advisors around you. Do not discuss your project with your relatives, neighbor, grandmother, friends’ friends, pastor, or…

— Dmytro Zaporozhtsev

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real…

— Rupert Friend

I'm only a freelance TV presenter and, in many ways, it's all just been a massive fluke.

— James May

The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.

— Anonymous

I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who freelance or…

— Sloane Crosley

If you're looking to freelance, just get as many gigs going as you can, and you can make it work... It's about getting as…

— Chris Hardwick

I wanted to work strictly as a freelance actor, and that's the way it turned out.

— Pernell Roberts

I'm pretty freelance. A freelance meditator. I float from one thing to the other.

— Alex Ebert

I've never had a terrible job. I've been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are, and I…

— Ann Patchett

For 10 years, I'd been working as a freelance writer and editor, making money but not a living. It was a good arrangement family-wise,…

— Will Allison

“Musicians are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year…

— David Ackert

“Go freelance yourself”

— Jennifer Dobson

The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on…

— Will Self