America Quote by Eliza Leslie

Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.

— Alice Mattison

A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So…

— Norm MacDonald

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they…

— Michael Korda

I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers with very…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I had the traditional print view of TV journalists: Those are pretty people who get paid a lot of money and don't do any…

— John King

I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing…

— John Green

I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony,…

— Eric Stoltz

Younger writers and smaller writers need to live and get by. They need to be paid. It has to be fair.

— Nicola Roberts

Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the…

— Herbert Gold

I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living.

— James A. Michener

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

— Pat Barker