"Being a writer means you are running a small business, manufacturing sentences, and you are the owner of the business, and the foreman of the factory, and the guy working on the production line, and the person driving the truck to deliver the sentences to your customers."

You forgot to highlight the main part -- sometimes inspiring those customers with the manufactured sentences.

More power to you and your independence that people like me can just learn about the art of writing reading your stories.

Hope your craft and the universe conspires you to get that insurance coverage for life.