Money Quote by Michael Ian Black

“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

Write for pleasure and publish for money.

— Alexander Pushkin

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.

— Jeffrey Brown

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

Everything I publish is for my readers.

— Felix Dennis

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

I don't write for the money. I write because something in me is constantly compelled.

— Beth Moore

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing…

— Kate Zambreno

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

— Paul Harding