Career Quote by Malcolm Cowley

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.

— C. S. Forester

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write…

— Karl Marx

Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it.

— W. Somerset Maugham

It's very unlikely that a writer is going to make a living by writing. So then the question is: how do you balance work,…

— Kelly Link

Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

— Caroline B. Cooney

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial…

— Brooks Atkinson

Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions - writing and painting.

— Anjelica Huston

One goes on writing partly because it is the only available way of earning a living. It is a hard way and highly competitive.…

— Anthony Burgess

“People think writing is an easy job, and in some ways it is. Flexible hours, no boss, no real structure . . . but working without…

— Marc Levy

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

— Rod McKuen