Business Quote by Bette Greene

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

I wrote all the time, but the idea of doing it professionally seemed like pie in the sky. Who gets paid to write? I…

— Shane Black

I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid.

— Courtney A. Kemp

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

— Amish Tripathi

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

— Damien Chazelle

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

— Debbie Harry

I'm a writer, but this is a business. You have to look at it in the way you would look at any business.

— Janet Evanovich

Who will want to write if writing doesn't pay?

— Chris Pavone

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 like writing because I can do it anywhere, and I don't need money to do it.

— Viv Albertine

For the vast majority of my adult life, I was a freelance writer, forever scrambling for work that paid an insulting non-amount.

— Jen Sincero

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