#making a living

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

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Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.' ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. ↗

— Ogden Nash

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At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

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Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

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