Discipline Quote by Will Self

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

— Roald Dahl

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

— Pat Barker

“Kathleen Norris, on the publication of her 78th book. 'All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it…

— Kathleen Norris

A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation.

— Don Winslow

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

That's the thing about the writer's life is that you have to have self-discipline. Otherwise you'll never get paid.

— Eric Heisserer

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that…

— Russell Banks

That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.

— Alexandra Fuller

The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.

— Anonymous

What profession is more trying than that of author? After you finish a piece of work it only seems good to you for a…

— Anonymous

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.

— Neal Gabler