Alimony Quote by Eric Stoltz

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

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

— Pat Barker

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even…

— Augusten Burroughs

“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created.…

— Shiree Mccarver

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy…

— Walter Benjamin

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day…

— Timothy Egan

Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of…

— Melissa Scott

I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills…

— Andrew Davies

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

I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it…

— Amy Bloom