“I always return home to the same few authors. And, no matter how many times I return, I always find they have… — Charles Chu Copy Share Image
I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Hugh Howey and Amanda Hocking come to mind immediately as authors who managed to build a successful following without the initial support… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“I live within my daydreams and nightmares; through that, I have learned to create, and I never cease from doing so.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
'The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
“Do not insult a writer by asking him questions related to books written by someone else. If you are not reading the… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Writing is a conduit. It opens up a passageway into the past. Not just for the writer, but for the reader too.… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
“On the day the world is blown up, the playwright whose show opened the night before will be leafing past the news… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is; it is anticipating how it will be perceived.” — Shannon L. Alder 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
“For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You’ve done the time but wonder… — Shandy L. Kurth 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
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
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
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
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
“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
“I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
“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
“An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousands words to come up with… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“By their very nature, idiots do not have the intellectual capacity to identify genius. All that idiots are mentally equipped to recognize… — Dermot Davis Copy Share Image
“A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.” — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
“Sometimes even your favourite authors can let you down. However don't let them down by holding this against them.” — Dave Gibson Copy Share Image
“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them… — Pamela Glass Kelly Copy Share Image
