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"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries."
— Stephen King
"Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money."
— Jules Renard
"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none."
— Jules Renard
"But what is the difference between literature and journalism? Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all."
— Oscar Wilde
"My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably."
— George Bernard Shaw
"The only sensible ends of literature are: first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash."
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
He liked those literary cooks
Who skim the cream of others' books;
And ruin half an author's graces
By plucking bon-mots from their places.
— Hannah More
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