Coast Quote by Dorothy Parker

Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves…

— William Finnegan

Money is only congealed snow.

— Dorothy Parker

I used to live on a barge - it is incredibly good to write near water. There is an ever-changing landscape, so you never…

— Simon Beaufoy

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to…

— Stephen Ambrose

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

I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.

— Bob Seger

People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my basement and…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

— Grant Heslov

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

— Viv Albertine

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing…

— Eric Brown

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use…

— Henry Ford

Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at…

— Irving Wallace