19th century Quote by Maya Angelou

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

It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful.

— Joyce Maynard

Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.

— Samuel Johnson

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if…

— Joyce Maynard

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

— Greg Curtis

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get as much…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills.

— Simon Beaufoy

I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need…

— Akio Morita

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they…

— Michael Korda

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use…

— Henry Ford

I wrote without much effort; for I was rich, and the rich are always respectable, whatever be their style of writing.

— Jane Austen