Money Quote by Paulo Coelho

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.

— Robert A. Heinlein

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

— Beth Moore

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

— Ted Dekker

there is no pleasure so sweet as the pleasure of spending money but the pleasure of writing is longer. There is no denying that.

— Gertrude Stein

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather…

— Clarissa Dickson Wright

Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.

— Ray Bradbury

There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could…

— Rex Stout

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

— Anne Tyler

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