Quotes about Life and the Author

I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers. Votes: 2

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life. Votes: 2

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: 2

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers. Votes: 2

Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think that says a lot about an author's writing. Votes: 2

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future. Votes: 2

I like acting, alright, and it can be fun sometimes, but the process of it, of not being - not being the author of your own life, I can't take that anymore. Votes: 2

At his heart, Shakespeare was a YA author. So many of his plays are set with high school-aged characters. He understood the passion, the confusion and drama that marks that life stage. Votes: 2

Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them. Votes: 2

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: 2

Anita Shreve is an author I adore. I rip through her meaty books and get off on the robust romance immensely - especially if I am feeling less than robust in my real life. Votes: 2

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is. Votes: 2

A novel can enlarge the empathy and imagination of both its author and its reader, and my experience, that sense of enlargement is most intense when I'm transported beyond the narrow limits of my daily life. Votes: 2

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life. Votes: 2

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius. Votes: 2

Having spent the greater part of my life under a Communist dictatorship, I am very familiar with the Bolshevik mentality according to which an author in general, and an eminent author in particular, is always guilty, and must be punished accordingly. Votes: 2

Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page and be a co-author with the writer, because the story is just squiggles on the page unless you have a reader. Votes: 2

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. Votes: 2

When an author creates a town in her novels, she spends a great deal of time visualizing the streets and buildings, landmarks and topography. And while the town becomes real in her imagination, it's rare for an author to see the place she's created actually spring to life. Votes: 2

The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail. Votes: 2

I am the best author of my life. Votes: 0

Every man is the author of his own life. Votes: 0

It takes courage to be the author of your life. Votes: 0

Authenticity means to be the author of your own life. Votes: 0

If God is the author of life, there must be a script. Votes: 0

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. Votes: 0

life is a story and god is author.life is absurd.I think so. Votes: 0

Your life is a screenplay, you must be the author; direct and make it a success. Votes: 0

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. Votes: 0

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. Votes: 0

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story. Votes: 0

Any teachings that fail to recognize Jesus Christ as the author of life, is absolutely antichrist.John 1:1-13. Votes: 0

I really believe we read differently when we know even the most banal facts of an author's life. Votes: 0

If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? Votes: 0

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately, I am writing in pen and can’t erase my mistakes. Votes: 0

If you fail to become the author of your life, the society wouldn't hesitate to write it for you. Votes: 0

People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men. Votes: 0

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become Votes: 0

Life is the greatest author of us all, for it writes the very best and very worst of all tales & stories... Votes: 0

You are the only author of the story of your life. 'Fate' is just an excuse for all of your wrong decisions. Votes: 0

Like most of us, I'm used to juggling about 52 roles in life. Wife. Mother. Sister. Friend. Author. Sometimes I feel a bit 'multiple-personality'. Votes: 0

I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh. Votes: 0

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them. Votes: 0

The author explores the result of endless choice. It is not only overload, but a profound loss of unity, solidity, and coherence in life. Votes: 0

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim. Votes: 0

I am a great foe of favoritism in public life, in private life, and even in the delicate relationship of an author to his works. Votes: 0

Death is the start of a beginning, life is the start of the end, and the cycle continues forever." AFTERLIFE - TIM I GURUNG/AUTHOR Votes: 0

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. Votes: 0

Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author. Votes: 0

The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth. Votes: 0

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him. Votes: 0

My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your name almost becomes a brand; readers know what to expect. Votes: 0