Terry Pratchett Quotes

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.

I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it.

It was a precondition to leaving Facebook that I wasn't going to start something that was just about chasing money.

I do them all for the money, I really do.

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige.

I've never chosen or rejected a role because of money.

If you only do it for money, that's only what you get.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

I'd be a fool to be in this for the money.

I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable.

Money. All these guys care about is money. They want money. How much money have we given them?

Nobody takes any change seriously unless there's some money involved.

I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

Of course I want to be a best seller because I'm in the business and I want to be read, but there is no money in the world that can compensate for writing badly.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

Finally, when the money was high enough, the script suddenly revealed itself as being very clear to me.

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

What kind of moron would go to work for half the amount of money, when they could sit at home and collect what's written in a contract?

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.