“This…is why screenwriting pays so well. They don't pay me to write. I'd write for free. They pay me NOT to punch people in the neck.”

“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.”

“I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.”

“I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.”

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

“Writing is like paying myself a formal visit…”

“I write for love, but love doesn’t pay the bills.”

“Since after all, it is the crowd who pays,
Why not content them when you write your plays?”

“We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”

“Shaw… has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her?"
"Good God, no," Gideon replied with a snicker. "Shaws don't write poetry. They pay others to write it for them and then take the credit for it.”