Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
My family and I would never receive royalties on the revenue that my materials brought into the church materials that were created on our own personal time.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable and have every word received with a religious respect.