Cynical Quote by Erica Jong

Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

— John Osborne

“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

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

— Moliere

Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

— Rita Mae Brown

I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get as much…

— P. G. Wodehouse

I don't write for the money. I write because something in me is constantly compelled.

— Beth Moore

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

It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful.

— Joyce Maynard

“Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then you do…

— Molière

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

— Cinda Williams Chima