Friendship Quote by David V. Picker

“They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn't pay by the hour.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it. Ignore the authors who say…

— Ray Bradbury

“Having the money to buy something, or pay someone, often robs us of an opportunity to be creative.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature. He’d do this for free, not that he…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn’t get paid for it.”

— Irwin Shaw

“You have to pay for this view (onto which he looks while writing), so our expenses keep us pretty motivated to write. It's a…

— Pat Conroy

“Apparently I write as a hobby, payment appears to be out of the question.”

— Roy A Higgins

“When we engage people in conversations about great work, we’re not asking them to solve a problem for us. We’re not selling something, nor…

— David Sturt

“Writing is fun. Promoting? Not so much...”

— Bea Cannon

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”

— Virginia Woolf

“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

“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start…

— Sharyn McCrumb