Candidates Quote by Mark Twain

Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this as a sign that sawing…

— Mark Twain

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.

— Mark Twain

The work is either delayed or ill done if money is paid beforehand.

— Vikrant Parsai

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.

— Jimmy Buffett

There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed…

— Susan Sontag

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price.…

— Mary Abigail Dodge

The agent never receipts his bill, puts his hat on and bows himself out. He stays around forever, not only for as long as…

— Raymond Chandler

“The compensation we receive from employment is not enough for the time being wasted”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Apparently I write as a hobby, payment appears to be out of the question.”

— Roy A Higgins

Third time pays for all

— Anonymous

Someone asked me, 'How long do you intend to do 'Deadwood'?' And part of my sociopathology, I say, 'Well, when does my contract run…

— David Milch