Beauty Quote by Allan Loeb

I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to write professionally.

— Curtis Hanson

“writing consists of having a cool idea, making the trailer and promo art in your head and never write it”

— me, a professional

I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the authority to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

— Damien Chazelle

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

— Ted Dekker

I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.

— Jack Vance

I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid.

— Courtney A. Kemp

When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not…

— Len Wein

I had co-written one episode of an animated show called Jem and the Holograms. Which at the time I didn't view as the start…

— Greg Weisman

I was freelance proof-reading, freelance editing, creating illustrated slides for doctors' presentations - just so I'd have enough money to take the time to…

— Celeste Ng

I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

“writing consists of thinking of a cool idea, making the promotional art and trailers and never write it”

— me, a professional