Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it…

It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it…

— Ad Reinhardt

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

— Moliere

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the nonsucker, not exactly the same thing”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Oratory is just like prostitution: you must have little tricks.

— Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

“Bookselling is like prostitution, you sell your wares, you close your eyes, and you never fall in love with the clients. You also keep…

— Colin Bateman

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the non-sucker, not exactly the same thing.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain…

— Gustave Flaubert

To talk about something like prostitution, the other person then becomes the wild card that will have a response, and it may not be…

— Robin Weigert

A day without writing was a little death.

— Ray Bradbury

Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.

— Julia Child

The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.

— Joanne Harris

Twenty to one offend more in writing too much than too little.

— Roger Ascham

I take my inspiration for the song writing from little experiences, not even if I've experienced them myself but say if something has made…

— Pixie Lott