Writing Quote by Patti Roberts

“However, just like any line of work, writing is a negotiation, and creative control is as elusive as financial stability. I discovered that writing…

— Alice Driver

“There are times you wake up in the middle of the night, fingers hit the keyboard and you allow words to flow. That is…

— Jenn E

“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

Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'm a writer. What do I do? Sit there…

— Terry Pratchett

My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays…

— Abraham Verghese

For so long, we had to write to pay a bill, we had to write in many instances where maybe you weren't even inspired…

— Joe Budden

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's…

— Jodi Picoult

“Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.”

— John Gregory Dunne

Who will want to write if writing doesn't pay?

— Chris Pavone

“When you’re writing fulltime like I am, writing to pay the bills and keep a roof over your head and food on the table,…

— Brian Keene

“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.”

— Jennifer Probst

“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”

— Graeme Roberts