Faith Quote by Hisham Matar

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is…

— Erica Jong

I had, like any other young novelist, started out by believing the difficult thing was to get published and that, once you managed that,…

— Mordecai Richler

I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly.

— Siri Hustvedt

I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about.…

— Paul Theroux

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.

— Alain de Botton

“During the act of making something, I experience a kind of blissful absence of the self and a loss of time. When I am…

— David Rakoff

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

— J. P. Donleavy

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I…

— Ernest Gaines

I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.

— S. J. Perelman

For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures.

— Mary Augusta Ward

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

— Larry Wall

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked…

— Orhan Pamuk