He Quote by A. A. Milne

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

— Greg Curtis

I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get as much…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation.

— Don Winslow

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price.…

— Mary Abigail Dodge

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks he has…

— James Boswell

No writer has a right to make that much money. Indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can.

— Wole Soyinka

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write…

— Lawrence Block

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

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write…

— Karl Marx

“The Writer and Poet is excusable only if he is Successful. Makes Money.” Within”

— Linda Wagner-Martin