Best things Quote by Robert Harris

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put…

— Robert Harris

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to…

— Stephen Ambrose

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

— Holly Johnson

The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of…

— Patrick deWitt

Write, if you must; not otherwise. Do not write, if you can earn a fair living at teaching or dressmaking, at electricity or hod-carrying.…

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

Writing is something I can do by myself.

— Peter Coyote

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

— Lydia Davis

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And…

— Lois Duncan

I think my goal is to find a way to spend all of my time writing. I mean, sort of; true success is I'm…

— Shonda Rhimes

I've spent most of my life writing and developing everything that I've wanted to be in - which is why I started writing in…

— Alex Borstein

I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good,…

— Catherine Jinks

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