As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life” — Charleston Parker Copy Share Image
“I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings. Linda Strong” — Vicki M. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Don't judge me by my books. They're not my voices, and they were never my stories to tell.” — Nadège Richards Copy Share Image
“An author is just someone who remembers their dreams a little better than some others.” — T.C. Slonaker Copy Share Image
“But as an escort it’s our duty to hold their attention and play with their heads. The one between their ears and… — S.K. Logsdon Copy Share Image
A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else? — Eric Hill Copy Share Image
I know another New York Times bestselling author - Beth Kephart - she self-published one of her books. — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
My first novel, 'The Lions of Lucerne,' just poured out of me. It was an amazing feeling of accomplishment. My biggest fear… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Revenge is a lie we fabricate to ease our consciences. But like two negatives can never equal a positive, two wrong deeds… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
“Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of… — Lorde Copy Share Image
“Life. Life is a show. It's up to you how to make your own story, do your own show and how to… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
“Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Writers, by their very nature, live a thousand lives and die a thousand times. They experience loss each time a character dies. … — Larry Ray Palmer Copy Share Image
“I felt after I finished Slaughterhouse-Five that I didn’t have to write at all anymore if I didn’t want to. It was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He pressed bravely ahead with his story, the outlines and preliminary versions of which by now filled two thick notebooks, reorganizing, redrafting,… — Dennis Etchison Copy Share Image
I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
