Book Quote by Margaret Atwood

When we talk about books, we rarely talk about the economic side of writing, especially of writing literary works, and that, at base, it's…

— Olga Tokarczuk

Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.

— Alice Mattison

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

— Fred Allen

“There is a heavy price to pay for writing a bad book.”

— Tony Burgess

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books.

— George Orwell

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time…

— Irvine Welsh

“I can't understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a…

— Fred Allen

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

— Ben Katchor

“A book is the cheapest ticket you will ever hold.”

— Stefanos Livos

It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.

— Jim Rohn

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy…

— Walter Benjamin