Ruskin Bond Quotes

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.

I have faith that worthy but misunderstood or ignored books can still prevail - and when they do, fewer joys are as sweet - but authors have families to support and rent to pay, and for them, I hope for acclaim in their time rather than late-in-life or posthumously.

I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.

I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.

I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.

You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.

It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.

I like the writing life, but it's not something that always makes enough money.

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

I'm fortunate in having journalism as a sideline to pay the bills, and I essentially do it in order to take as long as I want with books.

I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.

As for honours, I've had a few along the way, and to be honest, I never expected any of them. I made a good living for decades, and that was enough; that, and maybe a good residual cheque from time to time.

Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills.

I got a job in advertising. So even though I was writing, I was always supporting myself. That's the thing that would matter for my father, who was absolutely a creature of the Great Depression.

When a director you admire says that he wants to work with you, it's always a compliment, very good for your ego.

I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next.

I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.

The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful.

For every Steven King, there are a dozen guys like me who make a good living. For every David Brin, there are a dozen authors who have managed to make it their day job. For each of them, there are a dozen more for whom writing is a terrific supplement.