Ability Quote by Giles Coren

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.

— Ryan Murphy

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

— Irwin Shaw

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

You want to make as much money as you can and enjoy playing this game as much as you can, but it has a…

— Terry Rozier

Who will want to write if writing doesn't pay?

— Chris Pavone

When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid

— Horton Foote

I wrote all the time, but the idea of doing it professionally seemed like pie in the sky. Who gets paid to write? I…

— Shane Black

I basically have paid for a piano and a flat-screen television completely with my poker earnings. I'm pretty good at it.

— Robin Weigert

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

— Debbie Harry

I was freelance proof-reading, freelance editing, creating illustrated slides for doctors' presentations - just so I'd have enough money to take the time to…

— Celeste Ng

I know how to read a spreadsheet, I know what I'm worth so I can go into meetings and say, 'I get paid that…

— George Groves

I don't get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways.

— Esai Morales