Bill Bucy: Don't Ask Me To Write For Free

Friday, November 07, 2008

I don't write for free.

I could offer a long list of reasons, but they are best expressed by Harlan Ellison, one of the most prolific and creative writers of our age.

Philosophy

"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light."
-- Joseph Pulitzer

"I don't try. I just type."
-- Charles Bukowski

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money."

-- Dr. S. Johnson

"Voulez-vous cesser de me cracher dessus pendant que vous parlez!"
-- Moi

"Don’t trust nobody but your mama. And even then, look at her real good.”
-- Bo Diddley

"All the gold in California is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else's name."
-- Larry Gatlin

Friday, November 07, 2008

Don't Ask Me To Write For Free

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