Epic Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well is very…

— Nicholas Sparks

Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world.

— Ann Patchett

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

— Pat Barker

The first thing a writer has to do is find a new source of income.

— Ellen Gilchrist

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't…

— Tom Waits

“...and above all, you should not think of writing as a way of earning your living. If you do, your work will smell of…

— Marquis de Sade

Writing is difficult. It's a time commitment, it's labor and I'd have to get myself to sit down and actually do the work and…

— Busy Philipps

There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed…

— Susan Sontag

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

— Ernest Hemingway

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

— Amish Tripathi

I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.

— Thomas Steinbeck

Prescription for writer’s block: fear of poverty.

— Peter Mayle