My plea to budding writers

I am making a personal plea to any writers reading this blog that you write not only what you love to write about, but that you don't write purely for money making interests. I mean sure, you can be as talented as someone like Dave Eggers, get spotted for your work and make a good bit of money off of that, but please - please - don't do a Katie Price and write a book because it's the new and improved way of making money on the side, as a business deal. It's stripping writers like Zadie Smith and Zoe Kelleher of their reputations as writers; I mean, let's face it, anyone with the money can publish a book, and I'm pretty sure that anyone can write a best seller. But there are so many writers who don't get the recognition they deserve (or rather they do, but they don't get paid what they should be getting paid). For instance, I bet when you walk into a book store you see the sparkly cover of 'Angel' or 'Angel Uncovered' and read the first page about her cascading blonde hair, massive tits and perfect boyfriend and think 'wahey! Holiday read sorted for this year!'. What I want to know is how many of you browse a bit further down the shelves and pick up a copy of 'Notes on a Scandal' or 'White Teeth'? Then pick it up and read the first few pages and realise that yes, it's full not only of grammatically correct sentences free of clichés, too many adverbs and adjectives, but it's also clear just from reading the first paragraph that each sentence is woven with the writer's passion to write a fantastic book because it's the right thing to do. You see, every writer makes a choice in their career. Do they write a book badly because they know that it will become a best seller, or do they write a book that's a masterpiece because they will feel much better about themselves and prove to the world that yes, you can get published if you're talented. So my plea to you budding writers out there, or readers even, is that when you want to find a good book to read, or write a good book to be read, make sure that you do it for your own personal satisfaction above all else. That's when you know you've got a truly brilliant book. Thanks and good night