Lips Quote by Don Marquis

I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read.…

— Bill Bryson

Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.

— Ray Bradbury

Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills.

— Simon Beaufoy

Nobody writes a book to get rich. It's like speaking.

— Simon Sinek

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

— Brian Aldiss

“You have to invest yourself as a reader to be a good writer.”

— Saru Singhal

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather…

— Clarissa Dickson Wright

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

— Anonymous

I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good,…

— Catherine Jinks

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

“As an author, I'd rather by read than rich”

— K.B. Stevens

I wrote without much effort; for I was rich, and the rich are always respectable, whatever be their style of writing.

— Jane Austen