Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the… — Alison Tyler Copy Share Image
“I was smarter than him because I had a pen and God was my writer.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Writing romantic fiction is the second chance that loved ones denied us.” — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghetto Cuz where else in death do I get to go?” — Carlos Salinas Copy Share Image
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“The Imagination of the Mind is the Treasury that although liable to theft, never ceases to grow.” — TheSleepingSorcerer Copy Share Image
“Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“Fictional worlds are a great place to indulge in unspoken fantasies. . . like writing the dad you never had. . .… — Jc Morrows Copy Share Image
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“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“We really learn only from those books that we cannot judge. The author of a book that we were able to judge… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“The greatest skill that an author could possess, she thought, was the ability to make a reader see a book as his… — Rakesh Satyal Copy Share Image
We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to… — Barbara Taylor Bradford Copy Share Image
My ultimate crush may be Judith McNaught - I met her once more than 20 years ago, and she was incredibly kind… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
We as artists are actively encouraged - by other authors, your agent, publisher, and society - not to think about money, strategy,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Don't let the covers fool you. Books, like lives, are wiggling, evolving, living things. They're not bound by pages or authors or… — Kelly G. Wilson Copy Share Image
I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me.… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
“All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type.” — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
Nalini Singh, J.D. Robb, Patricia Briggs, Shelby Reed - these are my pre-order, must-have authors. — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy… — C. J. Box Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later every writer evolves his own definition of a story. Mine is: A reflection of life plus beginning and end… — Mary O'Hara Copy Share Image
Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
If you chase the market, it's not going to come to you. You have to have faith in yourself. I think one… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Not everyone will like what you write but there's a certain group who'll love what you write. Keep WRITING for them.” — David Chuka Copy Share Image
“A great literary classic should not require an introductory essay and ten pages of footnotes to be understood. It should require a… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
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