Buzz Quote by Stephen King

Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought…

— Stephen King

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the authority to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When I was about eight, I realised the person whose name was on the book got money for it, and it seemed almost too…

— Nick Earls

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

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

I wrote all the time, but the idea of doing it professionally seemed like pie in the sky. Who gets paid to write? I…

— Shane Black

I wrote [Collateral Beauty] on my own. I didn't get paid to write it. I didn't sell it as a pitch. It was an…

— Allan Loeb

“People always see me writing and ask me if they can read my writing. The answer is yes, after I publish it and they…

— Jarod Kintz

A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'

— Tom Stoppard

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

— Damien Chazelle

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

— Beth Moore