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Susan Orlean

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Susan Orlean Quotes

Total quotes: 3

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Susan Orlean

Birthname

Birthday: October 31, 1955

Educated At: University Of Michigan, Harvard University

Nationality: American, United States Of America

Occupations: Journalist, Author, Writer

Total quotes: 3

“The reality is, more and more and more, being a writer is running your own business. While I've had salaries, and I've been an employee, overall and ultimately and certainly increasingly so, being a writer is running a small business.”

— Susan Orlean, Scratch

Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money

“In almost every other profession, people have a pretty good idea of what others are making, and I think, in writing, among the people I know, people have no idea. And the difference between people who do very well and people who are just getting by is a big range.”

— Susan Orlean, Scratch

Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money

“For each person it can be a different financial arrangement. For a long time [at the New Yorker] I did what many writers do, which is agree in the beginning of the year to do a certain number of pieces, and then that amount was paid out to me over the year -- the aggregate of all of that. So I would say, okay, I'm going to do five five-thousand-word pieces, and we'd agree to this chunk of money, and then it would be paid in twelve monthly installments over a year.”

— Susan Orlean, Scratch

Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money

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