I live on my books. on my writings, i live on my royalties: the percentage an author recieves on each sold copy. and i am proud of it. i am so even though such percentage is small or i should say irrelevant.

Oriana Fallaci
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“I live on my books. On my writings, I live on my royalties. The percentage an author recieves on each sold copy. And, I am proud of it.

I am so even though such percentage is small or I should say irrelevant” This quote shows how important you are to yourself. You are proud of having a small percentage of income that you have gotten from selling your books, but you are happy with what you have gotten in return.

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