Quotes about Authors

True Devdas are Authors Votes: 3

Authors do not supply imaginations... Votes: 3

Authors, he thought. Even the sane ones are nuts. Votes: 3

Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old. Votes: 3

Authors always take rejection badly. They equate it with infanticide. Votes: 3

Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine. Votes: 3

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us. Votes: 3

Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks. Votes: 3

Authors in general don't have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive. Votes: 3

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods. Votes: 3

Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters. Votes: 3

Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. Votes: 3

Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. Votes: 3

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too? Votes: 3

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air. Votes: 3

Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it Votes: 3

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens Votes: 3

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens. Votes: 3

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome. Votes: 3

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Votes: 3

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. Votes: 3

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can't possibly get to these and do what they do best. Votes: 3

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. Votes: 3

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. Votes: 3

All Authors come from the unified countrynent known as Australia. Authors live in the future where love is external. Votes: 3

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere. Votes: 3

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them." Votes: 3

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. Votes: 3

Authors do this for a living, and if you take their work for nothing, you are depriving them of a living. Votes: 3

Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another. Votes: 3

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. Votes: 3

Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they don't fit in with normal, healthy people. Votes: 3

Only mothers will ever know the true struggle and sacrifice it takes to create life. Authors come in at a close second. Votes: 3

Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they dont fit in with normal, healthy people. Votes: 3

Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s! Votes: 3

Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological underpinnings. Votes: 3

There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do with writing. Votes: 3

Publishers are humane men, and rarely commit crimes. Authors, however, are a hardened set, who usually perpertrate a felony every time they issue a book. Votes: 3

The novel is very much alive, indeed. In Toronto at the Sixth Annual International Festival of Authors (October 1985) I listened to novelists by the dozen. Votes: 3

Authors frequently say things they are unaware of; only after they have gotten the reactions of their readers do they discover what they have said Votes: 3

Authors communicate with the people by some special extrinsic mark; I am the first to do so by my entire being, as Michel de Montaigne. Votes: 3

There are dance artists, painting artists and writing artists. Authors are writing artists. You can practice art in whatever medium you choose, and words are mine. Votes: 3

Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind. Votes: 3

Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of constructive dialogue. Votes: 3

Authors are the vanguard in the march of mind, the intellectual backwoodsmen, reclaiming from the idle wilderness new territories for the thought and activity of their happier brethren. Votes: 3

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown. Votes: 3

The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics. Votes: 3

I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am. Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Votes: 3

Authors are now marketed like promising movie starlets and must rattle around the nation's television stations to try to assert a salable identity different from that of the other starlets. Votes: 3

Readers are often fans of Authors, but I, myself, am a fan of readers. They are the ones who breathe life into the pages that we give birth to, after all. Votes: 3

Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come. Votes: 3

Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. Votes: 3

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel. Votes: 3

Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else. Votes: 3

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. Votes: 1

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. Votes: 1

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire. Votes: 1

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. Votes: 1

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Votes: 1

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. Votes: 1

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. Votes: 1

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. Votes: 1

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. Votes: 1

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly. Votes: 1

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for. Votes: 1

Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me! Votes: 1

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. Votes: 1

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Votes: 1

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.' Votes: 1

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. Votes: 1

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. Votes: 1

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. Votes: 1

Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties. Votes: 1

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. Votes: 1

Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at gullible folk, and they usually make much more money for their authors than they do for the investing public. Votes: 1

Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors. Votes: 1

Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in which they were created. Unfortunately, previous eras and dead authors often used language or accepted as normal sentiments that we now find unacceptable. Votes: 1

I think there are so many books out there written on relationships and romance that women are the authors of. How can women know exactly how men think? And there are so many guys out there with relationship books who are just not telling the truth. They have shaded parts. Votes: 1

All great authors are seers. Votes: 0

Time is the author of authors. Votes: 0

Cunning authors cut to be quoted. Votes: 0

The authors of all our misfortune. Votes: 0

History is sympathetic to its authors. Votes: 0

Most authors steal their works, or buy. Votes: 0

But authors before they write should read. Votes: 0

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. Votes: 0

It's that drama that drives authors, you know. Votes: 0

I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors. Votes: 0

The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile. Votes: 0

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. Votes: 0

All authors to their own defects are blind. Votes: 0

Like most authors, I also love to read. Votes: 0

The great authors share their souls with us- "literally. Votes: 0

People should be interested in books, not their authors. Votes: 0

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles. Votes: 0

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson. Votes: 0

Obscurity is a bigger problem for authors than piracy. Votes: 0

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts. Votes: 0

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors Votes: 0

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food. Votes: 0

View other authors as your allies rather than your competition Votes: 0

We must be authors of the history of our age. Votes: 0

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. Votes: 0

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research. Votes: 0

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors. Votes: 0

We need to be the authors of our own life. Votes: 0

We are the authors of the stories our soul unfolds. Votes: 0

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. Votes: 0

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor. Votes: 0

Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity. Votes: 0

The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up. Votes: 0

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent. Votes: 0

All is a-swarm with commentaries: of authors there is a dearth. Votes: 0

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. Votes: 0

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them. Votes: 0

None save great men have been the authors of great heresies. Votes: 0

The authors of great evils know best how to remove them. Votes: 0

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person. Votes: 0

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury. Votes: 0

Twitter, Facebook, Google + are the trifecta of marketing for authors (and bloggers). Votes: 0

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists. Votes: 0

I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters. Votes: 0

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper. Votes: 0

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. Votes: 0

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess Votes: 0

Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time. Votes: 0

The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers. Votes: 0

The sacred-souls of authors are displayed in the beauty of their books. Votes: 0

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence. Votes: 0

Most people know that Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors. Votes: 0

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can. Votes: 0

When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead. Votes: 0

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. Votes: 0

Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. Votes: 0

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors. Votes: 0

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors. Votes: 0

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors Votes: 0

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. Votes: 0

Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails... Votes: 0

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors. Votes: 0

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant. Votes: 0

In a very real sense, we are the authors of our own lives. Votes: 0

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf Votes: 0

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work. Votes: 0

Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory. Votes: 0

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! Votes: 0

How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong. Votes: 0

[French] authors are more afraid of offending delicacy and rules, than ambitious of sublimity. Votes: 0

Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct. Votes: 0

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking. Votes: 0

Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. Votes: 0

[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence. Votes: 0

Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing. Votes: 0

The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. Votes: 0

I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors. Votes: 0

Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000. Votes: 0

There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do. Votes: 0

Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence. Votes: 0

What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark? Votes: 0

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of authors - subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking. Votes: 0

It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns. Votes: 0

We are authors, all of us, concerned with beginning, with making, with sources and substance. Votes: 0

It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. Votes: 0

As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries. Votes: 0

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. Votes: 0

There are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: 'Downton Abbey.' Votes: 0

Indie authors write, design, sell. Like magic, skip one and you make must read vanish. Votes: 0

Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. Votes: 0

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet's eyes. Votes: 0

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. Votes: 0

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. Votes: 0

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. Votes: 0

Novels are readOr their authors are blue.Support Indie writers:Buy their books, post reviews! Votes: 0

Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers. Votes: 0

Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice. Votes: 0

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Votes: 0

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors. Votes: 0

Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. Votes: 0

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it. Votes: 0

They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom. Votes: 0

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate. Votes: 0

When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. Votes: 0

Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists Votes: 0

Classic authors should be older than I am, and wiser, and on-top of all their deadlines. Votes: 0

My opinion is that more authors could use podcasts to differentiate themselves in a crowded text-based marketplace. Votes: 0

Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. Votes: 0

I've always been a huge fan of apologetics. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. Votes: 0

Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise. Votes: 0

Recent studies have shown that approximately 40% of authors are manic depressive. The rest of us just drink. Votes: 0

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work. Votes: 0

There seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done everything by chance. Votes: 0

God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires. Votes: 0

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. Votes: 0

After all, it is a common weakness of young authors to put too much into their papers. Votes: 0

Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors... Votes: 0

The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life. Votes: 0

I consider time as an in immense ocean, in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up. Votes: 0

Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love. Votes: 0

Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. Votes: 0

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. Votes: 0

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. Votes: 0

Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors. Votes: 0

Teen readers can see aspects of themselves in the teen authors, which in a way, validates their experiences. Votes: 0

Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers). Votes: 0

Sometimes I look around cable news and it's like you wonder whether you're looking at anchors or authors. Votes: 0

All schools of philosophy, and almost all authors, are rather to be frequented for exercise than for weight. Votes: 0

There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. Votes: 0

It is well known that, when two authors meet, they at once start talking about money-like everyone else. Votes: 0

Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach. Votes: 0

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet. Votes: 0

There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography. Votes: 0

We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain. Votes: 0

Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard. Votes: 0

Well, great authors are great people - but I believe that they are best seen at a distance. Votes: 0

Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn. Votes: 0

We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions. Votes: 0

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director. Votes: 0

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored. Votes: 0

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Votes: 0

When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous. Votes: 0

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors. Votes: 0

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read. Votes: 0

Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write. Votes: 0

A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest. Votes: 0

Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites. Votes: 0

If I can't be remembered as one of the greatest authors, why not be remembered as the sexiest writer... Votes: 0

I've often gotten the feeling that the only people who have learned from computer assisted instruction are the authors. Votes: 0

One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors. Votes: 0

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story. Votes: 0

I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock. Votes: 0

The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics. Votes: 0

[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV. Votes: 0

The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. Votes: 0

As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space. Votes: 0

I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. Votes: 0

The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. Votes: 0

Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure. Votes: 0

Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . Votes: 0

He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. Votes: 0

Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. Votes: 0

As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors. Votes: 0

Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers. Votes: 0

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world. Votes: 0

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing. Votes: 0

The study of literature threatens to become a kind of paleontology of failure, and criticism a supercilious psychoanalysis of authors. Votes: 0

We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically. Votes: 0

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. Votes: 0

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors. Votes: 0

It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes. Votes: 0

Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books. Votes: 0

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both. Votes: 0

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. Votes: 0

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians. Votes: 0

I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would. Votes: 0

If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom. Votes: 0

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others. Votes: 0

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. Votes: 0

Publishing should be a collaboration between authors and their smartest readers "” and at some point the distinction should become meaningless, Votes: 0

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward. Votes: 0

Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package. Votes: 0

I've heard of translators collaborating closely with their authors, sometimes even living with them for a while, but that's not me. Votes: 0

The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book. Votes: 0

Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience. Votes: 0

The lust to meet authors ranks low, I think, on the roll of holy appetites; but it is an authentic pang. Votes: 0

Everyone gets a pencil as a kid, but it doesn't make them all authors or painters or drawers or anything else. Votes: 0

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience. Votes: 0

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. Votes: 0

There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them. Votes: 0

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience. Votes: 0

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors. Votes: 0

I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time. Votes: 0

If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors. Votes: 0

American authors or scientists are prone to consider the wealthy businessman as a barbarian, as a man exclusively intent upon making money. Votes: 0

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style. Votes: 0

Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers ... Votes: 0

One thing that literature would be greatly the better for Would be a more restricted employment by authors of simile and>metaphor. Votes: 0

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. Votes: 0

I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors. Votes: 0

Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate. Votes: 0

Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for. Votes: 0

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors. Votes: 0

Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ. Votes: 0

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him Votes: 0

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' Votes: 0

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked. Votes: 0

I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors. Votes: 0

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this. Votes: 0

For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè. Votes: 0

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful! Votes: 0

I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. Votes: 0

I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris. Votes: 0

The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible. Votes: 0

You can sell a lot more books if you work with other authors than if you try to do everything all by yourself. Votes: 0

Liberals see the Constitution itself as 'living' and 'evolving' that is, gradually turning into something that would have been unrecognizable to its authors. Votes: 0

When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories. Votes: 0

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. Votes: 0

I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies. Votes: 0

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. Votes: 0

There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. Votes: 0

How different from the cosy world of Rüya's detective novels, where authors never vexed a hero with more signs than he needed. Votes: 0

Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their readers. Votes: 0

Humans are very complex; I definitely have a new respect for authors that are able to write books nonstop. It's an incredible talent. Votes: 0

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food. Votes: 0

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again. Votes: 0

All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future. Votes: 0

I have chosen to parody the writing styles of Carlos Castaneda, James Redfield, Richard Bach, Lynn Andrews, and several other best-selling new age authors. Votes: 0

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. Votes: 0

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more. Votes: 0

Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters. Votes: 0

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read. Votes: 0

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. Votes: 0

[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're writing it! Votes: 0

Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor. Votes: 0

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books. Votes: 0

When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks. Votes: 0

I have chosen to parody the writing styles of Carlos Castaneda, James Redfield, Richard Bach, Lynn Andrews, and several other best-selling new age authors. Votes: 0

In the degree that we remember and retell our stories and create new ones we become the authors, the authorities, of our own lives. Votes: 0

I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors. Votes: 0

With Crucible, any big changes I wanted to make I only had to run by Lucasfilm, not other authors whose stories I might affect. Votes: 0

It is a pretty trick of authors to make nature ever in sympathy with man, but as a matter of fact she seldom is. Votes: 0

I decided to work on hand animate because the animators work as authors in every little scene and it brings real soul for characters. Votes: 0

It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors. Votes: 0

they say that girls are the ones who want fairy tail endings, but then again, who are the authors of fairy tales? mostly men Votes: 0

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to. Votes: 0

Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of authors access. Votes: 0

Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile. Votes: 0

Invariably it turns out to be who you've been reading in the last couple of weeks, and two hours or two days [on favourite authors Votes: 0

I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents. Votes: 0

With 'Crucible,' any big changes I wanted to make I only had to run by Lucasfilm, not other authors whose stories I might affect. Votes: 0

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. Votes: 0

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding. Votes: 0

A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public. Votes: 0

I would like to champion diverse forms like graphic novels and works told in verse and diverse writers and illustrators and diverse authors as well. Votes: 0

The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote. Votes: 0

There seems to be a tremendous desire among many people now to know authors and how they work, to know what's autobiographical and what isn't. Votes: 0

Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might mean. Votes: 0

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family. Votes: 0

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. Votes: 0

Goodnight world. While I sleep, I hope you'll all continue to do whatever it is you do. Unless you murder sleeping authors. Don't do that. Votes: 0

Melissa Foster is a wonderful connector of readers and books, a friend of authors, and a tireless advocate for women. She is the real deal. Votes: 0

There is a hunger in this digital age to hear authors together, to participate in programs, to just be in a place, a community space. Votes: 0

Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience. Votes: 0

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. Votes: 0

Without explaining why, and, most of all, without naming other authors or books, I can only say my novels are influenced by love and death. Votes: 0

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. Votes: 0

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. Votes: 0

As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant. Votes: 0

Hugh Howey and Amanda Hocking come to mind immediately as authors who managed to build a successful following without the initial support of a large publisher. Votes: 0

As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income. Votes: 0

To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the books that we're writing. Votes: 0

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching abroad. Votes: 0

I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this. Votes: 0

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored. Votes: 0

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements. Votes: 0

As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them. Votes: 0

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing. Votes: 0

Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists. Votes: 0

I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I owe them a lot. Votes: 0

There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature. Votes: 0

Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors. Votes: 0

Books, like men their authors, have no more than one wayofcoming intothe world, but there areten thousand to go out of it, and return no more. Votes: 0

I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever that might mean. Votes: 0

A lot of powerful people in Washington may think it's a crazy-leftist-fringe position to think the intellectual authors of a torture regime should be investigated and prosecuted. Votes: 0

There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying to cover up their feet. Votes: 0

Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism.... Skepticism they view with contempt, as the refuge of the unenlightened. Votes: 0

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money. Votes: 0

Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer. Votes: 0

What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left! Votes: 0

Artist paint images unseen, musicians create sounds that emerge from silence, and authors write from a synthetic point of view about a world that can never exist. Votes: 0

What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left! Votes: 0

Nordie's at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors'] experiences which, I am completely confident... will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me. Votes: 0

I tell myself it does not matter what one reads-favorite authors, particular themes-as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books. Votes: 0

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician. Votes: 0

If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with many voluminous authors. Votes: 0

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author. Votes: 0

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style. Votes: 0

Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better. Votes: 0

I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored. Votes: 0

Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull. Votes: 0

We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised. Votes: 0

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone. Votes: 0

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays. Votes: 0

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they're called artists. Votes: 0

Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them. Votes: 0

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors. Votes: 0

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock. Votes: 0

The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean, do MALE authors get asked that?? Votes: 0

Life is sometimes novel-shaped, mocking the efforts of those authors who, in an effort to make their novels life-shaped, spurn the easy symmetry and cheap resonance of reality. Votes: 0

I do love the weird, and I realize that I write much in that tradition, so I'm happy to be counted in among some of my favorite authors. Votes: 0

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences. Votes: 0

As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them. Votes: 0

I had never read Victorian novels before going overseas. I read a handful of authors, but I had not immersed myself in the literature of the 19th century. Votes: 0

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk. Votes: 0

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability. Votes: 0

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character. Votes: 0

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment. Votes: 0

'The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told by a succession of authors. Votes: 0

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the world's first writer of self-contained ready-made quotations. Votes: 0

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors Votes: 0

It used to be fashionable for authors to have their pictures taken with dogs, but the dogs always looked like models hired from an advertising agency, and probably were. Votes: 0

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors. Votes: 0

I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that prudence obliges us to examine quotations, by whomsoever alleged. Votes: 0

I believe that in a good collaboration, the authors bring their strengths to the story; one author's strength cancels the other author's weakness, and back and forth it goes. Votes: 0

In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws. Votes: 0

The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told by a succession of authors. Votes: 0

...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they were afraid to own them. Votes: 0

Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice - a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess. Votes: 0

Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if. Votes: 0

While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and my job is simple to entertain you. Votes: 0

I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. Votes: 0

It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that authors, generally speaking, are rotten letter writers. Votes: 0

Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty. Votes: 0

Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard. Votes: 0

Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, What if? All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading. Votes: 0

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books. Votes: 0

The Bible is actually a library of books-some long, some short- written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was [the] Author: the Spirit of God. Votes: 0

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is. Votes: 0

The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there. Votes: 0

It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language for a while. Votes: 0

A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is our national joy to mistake for the first-rate, the fecund rate. Votes: 0

If the authors and custodians of history turn out to have an attractive image, it is only reasonable to look beyond and ask whether the image they construct is accurate. Votes: 0

Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors tend to have more of it. Votes: 0

Collectively the media; the meat, oil, and dairy industries; most prominent chefs and cookbook authors; and our own government are not presenting accurate advice about the healthiest way to eat. Votes: 0

He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors. Votes: 0

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both. Votes: 0

You have a very open relationship with your fans." "Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers. Votes: 0

Kant says that we may regard ourselves as legislator of the moral law, and consider ourselves as its author, but not that we are legislators or authors of the law. Votes: 0

Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading. Votes: 0

If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber. Votes: 0

Anyone who wants to be a writer should, if given the opportunity, hang out with "real writers," that is, poets or writers who are lions in literature, semi-lions, or published authors. Votes: 0

A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many. Votes: 0

Movie people think things are movies, and authors think things should be movies because, up until recently, movies have been the jewel in the crown. But, that seems to be changing. Votes: 0

The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me. Longing for another person is an exciting mental experience. Votes: 0

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God? Votes: 0

I am one of those authors who consider it their highest honour and their highest liberty to have a completely untrammelled chance of using their pens to serve the working people. Votes: 0

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them. Votes: 0

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly. Votes: 0

As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses. Votes: 0

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author. Votes: 0

The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before. Votes: 0

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either. Votes: 0

I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read children's books, adult books, current authors, and classics, but I like fiction the most. Votes: 0

I think that when you pay tribute and are citing, not only through naming the authors but also through the acknowledgement of the form, that you are in no way plagiarizing. Votes: 0

Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent in America and take the pulse of the country. Votes: 0

I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled between authors and readers, not advertiser. Votes: 0

More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a novel, let alone a really brilliant one. Votes: 0

When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I didn't want those autographed books showing up on eBay. Votes: 0

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful. Votes: 0

The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations. Votes: 0

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me. Votes: 0

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists. Votes: 0

Use description of landscape to help you establish the emotional tone of the scene. Keep notes of how other authors establish mood and foreshadow events by describing the world around the character. Votes: 0

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying. Votes: 0

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes. Votes: 0

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever. Votes: 0

The kids who leave their favorite authors behind do not in fact leave us utterly abandoned, but in due time drive children of their own to the bookstore and the post office. Votes: 0

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers. Votes: 0

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality of doing the work can be a little daunting. Votes: 0

Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs. Votes: 0

Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot. Votes: 0

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades. Votes: 0

Alternative Lifestyles, the emotional fly-drive packages of our times, come equipped with a set of clothes, a choice of authors, a limited menu of sports and a discount coupon book of clichés. Votes: 0

The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most need to hear as the confession of myself Votes: 0

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. Votes: 0

There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own names to characters in their novels. False modesty, faugh! Votes: 0

And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence. Votes: 0

One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility of old Victorian Gothic tales and reconstruct them in a modern way. Votes: 0

To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They are stragglers and they are down at heel. Votes: 0

I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail. Votes: 0

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy. Votes: 0

We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them. Votes: 0

Well written novels are penned by authors who have a unique and personal ardor for their story. They fabricate the phrases of their mind into a voice and thus a character is born. Votes: 0

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them. Votes: 0

The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author of heaven and earth, that they usually say after a completed day of work: "And behold, what he had done was good. Votes: 0

I wonder what book signings will be like when most of the books we read are electronic. Will authors sign something else? A flyer, perhaps? A special kind of card devised for the purpose? Votes: 0

How a big majority of book critics and authors have come to believe and to teach that no book is true to life unless it is true to the worst in life, God knows ... Votes: 0

If we take a survey of the greatest actions...in the world...we shall find the authors of them all to have been persons whose Brains had been shaken out of their natural position. Votes: 0

My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum's work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors. Votes: 0

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external. Votes: 0

I tend to go back and forth between old favourites and "new" stuff, some of which could easily be by authors I've hitherto heard about but haven't had the chance to catch up with. Votes: 0

Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it! Votes: 0

Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to. Votes: 0

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination. Votes: 0

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying. Votes: 0

What's interesting to me is how many vampire/urban fantasy authors are writing young adult series as well, often set in the same world as their adult books, but focused on a younger audience. Votes: 0

Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come his way have probably been so described by their authors. Votes: 0

The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much that mattered for new authors. And how much Amazon is hurting us. Votes: 0

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes. Votes: 0

I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can. Votes: 0

We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent. Votes: 0

I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe. Votes: 0

Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into womens books except for those few that men could always point at when the disparity was pointed out. Votes: 0