Maybe words are less expensive these days because so many of them are being published ... When I was young, we could either read the newspaper, magazines or boo

Maybe words are less expensive these days because so many of them are being published ... When I was young, we could either read the newspaper, magazines or books. Each newspaper had exponentially more eyeballs looking at them because they were (in my town) a monopoly. I think what he's describing as a writer is simply a case of supply and demand. We're all writers now (notice I didn't say good writers).