If i could Quote by Irving Wallace

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing…

— Eric Brown

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

— Amish Tripathi

If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.

— James Ellroy

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use…

— Henry Ford

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.

— Richard LaGravenese

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

Write, if you must; not otherwise. Do not write, if you can earn a fair living at teaching or dressmaking, at electricity or hod-carrying.…

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for…

— Evie Wyld

I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I…

— Jim C. Hines

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

— Beth Moore