Award winning Quote by Steve Hayden

“A copywriter is a combination of a professional advertising engineer and a salesman.”

— Jason Goldberg

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

— Chris Pavone

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've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of…

— George Stephen

“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start…

— Sharyn McCrumb

The trouble with many copywriters in general agencies are that they don't really think in terms of selling. They have never written direct-response; they…

— David Ogilvy

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the…

— James Lee Burke

I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid.

— Courtney A. Kemp

You may be somebody who writes best for a small press that doesn't pay very well, but you might have a fascinating and intricate…

— Alice Mattison

If you are making money writing, you are doing great. If you can support yourself writing, you are a success. I don't care if…

— Julie Klausner

As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make my manuscript…

— Chris Pavone

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