Family Quote by John Updike

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.

— Steve Toltz

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to…

— Piers Anthony

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

— Lloyd Alexander

I was 37 years old. I wanted to support myself by writing.

— Judith Rossner

I was a single mother and had to earn money.

— Mahima Chaudhry

I was raised in a group home for 14 years, so I was a beneficiary of philanthropy. I didn't have a family. The nameless,…

— Darell Hammond

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me

— Hunter S. Thompson

I come from a working-class background and it wasn't in my world to be a writer - I had no direct access to those…

— Roisin Conaty

I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.

— Jessica Chastain

Writing is a side hustle that had previously enabled me to pay for rehab for my brother, purchase a car for my parents, and…

— Stacey Abrams

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

— Vicki Baum

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