Adult Quote by Jen Sincero

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

— Damien Chazelle

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

I was freelance proof-reading, freelance editing, creating illustrated slides for doctors' presentations - just so I'd have enough money to take the time to…

— Celeste Ng

After college, I was burdened with student loans to repay, no financial cushion, so I wasn't in a position to bet everything on a…

— Chris Pavone

In my 20s, I was a freelance writer with little money and living in a rabbit warren one-and-a-half-bedroom with a roommate.

— Alissa Quart

At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I…

— Ben Schwartz

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I've lived a life of unplanned freelance employment.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer…

— Kevin J. Anderson

If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the…

— Poppy Z. Brite

For 10 years, I'd been working as a freelance writer and editor, making money but not a living. It was a good arrangement family-wise,…

— Will Allison

So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…

— Tod Goldberg