Exclusive Quote by Rita Mae Brown

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

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

— Joyce Maynard

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

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

— J. P. Donleavy

“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

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

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

Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful…

— Charles Bukowski

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

“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

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it…

— Stephen King

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

— Beth Moore