Creativity Quote by Joe Budden

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

— Damien Chazelle

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

— Ted Dekker

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

— Beth Moore

Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't…

— Rod Serling

So much of writing is fed by vanity and the feeling that what you are doing is the most important thing in the world…

— Pankaj Mishra

What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why would I…

— Mark Manson

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

Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the work even…

— Karl Iagnemma

The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I…

— Eric Brown

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

— Cinda Williams Chima

Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

It's hard to explain how much one can love writing. If people knew how happy it can make you, we would all be writing…

— Andrea Barrett