I mean, first, almost all writers these days teach because they don't make enough money publishing to live on, to support themselves - people like Tobias Wolff, Anne Beattie, Amy Hempel, Stuart Dybek; a lot of short story writers, for one thing.
“The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.”
“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”