How to Make a Living As a Writer QUOTES

2 " There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

4 " When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb with a pencil and a ten-cent notebook, and start the whole thing all over again." – Preston Sturges "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

6 " Drive thy business or it will drive thee." – Benjamin Franklin "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

8 " Get a PHD No, not a doctoral degree. I mean a PHD attitude: Poor, Hungry and Driven. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

10 " To be a writer, you have to write. Not like it's your job, and not like it's your love. You have to write like it's your holy chore, you have to write like you are compelled from above and within and without and with everything that you are. You have to write bad stories, you have to write cowboy stories, you have to write period pieces and opinion essays and speeches, and plays, and stuff you wouldn't show your mother and don't wanna see yourself, but you can't stop. If you can stop, ever, if you can stop writing, or thinking about writing, or planning what you'll be writing as soon as you get in the hot seat, if you can stop that for even ten minutes, you're not a writer. You're a person who can type pretty." – Harlan Ellison "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

12 " If you up your skill and take more chances, your odds of success increase. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

14 " The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people." – Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

16 " When I was just starting out on my writing life I saw a photograph of Stephen King, early in his career, with his feet up on his desk and his dog underneath. He was dressed casually and going over a manuscript. I knew that was the kind of working life I wanted. I put that picture up in my office. I'd look at that picture each day and let the feeling sink in.  Then I would act on the feeling. I would write. That's the important part. When you feel the desire, turn it into energy at the keyboard.  Repeat this over and over, daily, weekly, yearly…and you will begin to get the feeling of being unstoppable. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

18 " Luck is where hard work meets opportunity. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer

20 " To make it as a writer you need to be two things: systematic and relentless. "

― James Scott Bell , How to Make a Living As a Writer