Money Quote by Jarod Kintz

“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start…

— Sharyn McCrumb

“I don’t endorse my checks, because what, am I just going to give away free autographs?”

— Jarod Kintz

“Why would a guy spend five years writing a book when he can buy one for ten bucks?”

— Richard Johnson

“Work hard until your signature turns into autograph.”

— Narendra Singh Dhami

“Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I overreacted to praise, signing an autograph. I'd write a check to buy it back.”

— Brian Spellman

“Many feel that writers are a dime a dozen, so the goal is to break through and make it to the value of a…

— Wil Zeus

“No price is too high to pay, to be the author of your fate.”

— Johnathan Jena

Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.

— Robin Hobb

“The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.”

— Sara Sheridan

“There is a heavy price to pay for writing a bad book.”

— Tony Burgess

“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You want to…

— Anne Lamott