Authors in general don't have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive. Votes: 3
James D. MacdonaldWe don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods. Votes: 3
Roy Blount, Jr.Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters. Votes: 3
Bergen EvansAuthors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. Votes: 3
Samuel JohnsonAuthors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. Votes: 3
Dorothy ParkerAuthors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too? Votes: 3
Alexander PopeAuthors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air. Votes: 3
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAuthors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it Votes: 3
Nella LarsenAuthors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens Votes: 3
Malcolm CowleyAuthors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens. Votes: 3
Malcolm CowleyAuthors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Votes: 3
Mickey SpillaneOld wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Votes: 1
AthenaeusHow many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelEvery place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneTwitter, Facebook, Google + are the trifecta of marketing for authors (and bloggers). Votes: 0
Guy KawasakiThe world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists. Votes: 0
Kazuo IshiguroI consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters. Votes: 0
Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper. Votes: 0
Mike GreenbergThe faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhen male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead. Votes: 0
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsObscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. Votes: 0
Tim O'ReillyQuotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. Votes: 0
Willis RegierThere was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors. Votes: 0
Jess WalterThere are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors. Votes: 0
Vanna BontaThere are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors Votes: 0
Vanna BontaBefore publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. Votes: 0
Laurence J. PeterTrue art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiI think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf Votes: 0
Laura HillenbrandAnyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciHow many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong. Votes: 0
Albert Camus[French] authors are more afraid of offending delicacy and rules, than ambitious of sublimity. Votes: 0
Horace WalpoleThose authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonMeeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukFew sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. Votes: 0
Edward Albee[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence. Votes: 0
Mary Lee SettleGrave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeThe Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. Votes: 0
Frederick ForsythTruth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm. Votes: 0
John DrydenThose authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonWhat is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark? Votes: 0
E.A. BucchianeriI think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf. Votes: 0
Laura HillenbrandThere are two kinds of authors - subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking. Votes: 0
Ruskin BondIt was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns. Votes: 0
Olivia GoldsmithWe are authors, all of us, concerned with beginning, with making, with sources and substance. Votes: 0
Diane WakoskiIt can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. Votes: 0
John BergerThough by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. Votes: 0
Charles ChurchillThere are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: 'Downton Abbey.' Votes: 0
Teresa MedeirosIndie authors write, design, sell. Like magic, skip one and you make must read vanish. Votes: 0
Temple Emmet WilliamsThe best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet's eyes. Votes: 0
Vera BrittainA pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. Votes: 0
George Dennison PrenticeNovels are readOr their authors are blue.Support Indie writers:Buy their books, post reviews! Votes: 0
Cheri GillardBest selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice. Votes: 0
Michael DirdaBooks choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieDifferent authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. Votes: 0
Bart D. EhrmanRead the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it. Votes: 0
Neil GaimanWhen I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. Votes: 0
Paul WellerClassic authors should be older than I am, and wiser, and on-top of all their deadlines. Votes: 0
Neil GaimanEven monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. Votes: 0
Baltasar GracianI've always been a huge fan of apologetics. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. Votes: 0
Shane HarperScandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise. Votes: 0
William Benton ClulowThe trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work. Votes: 0
Donna TarttThere seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done everything by chance. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonGod authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires. Votes: 0
Edwin Louis ColeAfter all, it is a common weakness of young authors to put too much into their papers. Votes: 0
Ronald FisherThe reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonI consider time as an in immense ocean, in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonMostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love. Votes: 0
Christine SneedWe ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain. Votes: 0
Giacomo CasanovaLet authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard. Votes: 0
James J. CorbettWell, great authors are great people - but I believe that they are best seen at a distance. Votes: 0
Mary Russell MitfordLet us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn. Votes: 0
Edward CokeWe are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions. Votes: 0
Félix J. PalmaThere are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director. Votes: 0
Sergio LeoneGod will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored. Votes: 0
Edwin Louis ColeSome judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeWhen authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous. Votes: 0
Thomas PaineI read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors. Votes: 0
Bruce ForsythAs many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space. Votes: 0
Guy Gavriel KayI shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. Votes: 0
Horace WalpoleThe great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. Votes: 0
Mortimer AdlerHe invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. Votes: 0
John DrydenEveryone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. Votes: 0
Chuck MiceliI tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors. Votes: 0
Augusten BurroughsI've been drawing authors and politicians for newspapers for many years. I try to read up on the person; in the case of authors, read one of their books. I watch interviews via YouTube and collect pictures via the Internet. Votes: 1 Siegfried Woldhek
I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars. Votes: 3 Claire Scovell LaZebnik
As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries. Votes: 3 Stephen Kinzer
What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the author of 'The Naked and the Dead' and American literature's leading heavyweight contender, to Dan Wolf, the delphic editor of 'The Village Voice.' Votes: 1 James Wolcott
Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. Votes: 1 Robert Benchley
I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective. Votes: 1 Mallory Ortberg