Writing Quote by Jarod Kintz

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

— Greg Curtis

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

— Chris Pavone

“Well, if you want to be a writer, you’re going to have to start letting people read your stuff, you know.”

— Kellie McAllen

Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.

— Emma Healey

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

— Len Wein

“If you are writing and no-one reads it, are you a writer, or you just writing?”

— Matt Drabble

“They don't let people see what I write because I write what I see”

— Blas De Otero

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if…

— Joyce Maynard

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my…

— Taslima Nasrin

“You have to invest yourself as a reader to be a good writer.”

— Saru Singhal

I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read.…

— Bill Bryson