I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had… — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in… — Irene C. Kassorla Copy Share Image
If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“A writer may not know the way at first; but if he endeavors to complete his task, he carves a path with… — Susan J. McIntire Copy Share Image
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a… — August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Copy Share Image
The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly… — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
There's as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I'd love to welcome more filmmakers into… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
When an author has a very unique or specific input, whether it's intentional or unintentional, the era that person lives in, their… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
“From my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The motives and purposes of authors are not always so pure and high, as, in the enthusiasm of youth, we sometimes imagine.… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In a sense, photographs are highly literary, and the photographer, like the writer, has to be both a master of craft and… — Peter C Bunnell Copy Share Image
Yes, I learned long ago that the only satisfaction of authorship lies in finding the very few who understand what we mean.… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
This is the magnanimity of authorship, when a writer having a topic presented to him, fruitful of beauties for common minds, waives… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam:… — Ovid Copy Share Image
The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect; compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If we enter into the kind of world that Google likes, the world that Google wants, it's a world where information is… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public significance. It is not imparted by his genius.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate.… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
“A book can never be anything more than the impress of its author's thoughts; and the value of these will lie either… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Translation is a form of passive aggression. In doing it, a writer chooses to forgo original authorship so as to play havoc… — Lawrence Venuti Copy Share Image
Certain I am that every author who has written a book with earnest forethought and fondly cherished designs will bear testimony to… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
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