One of the single most important things a writer must do…

An author departs; he does not die.

— Anonymous

“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“There's a word for an author who doesn't give up... published.”

— Anonymous

A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,…

— Anthony Horowitz

“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be your truth…

— Nora Roberts

“Religion is like wax. How anyone deals with it is decisive for how it will look like.”

— Ben Midland

“Expression is a function of intention and intention emanates from your thought faculty.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.”

— Germany Kent

I come from a working-class family. They're the people I know and the people I love, I guess. I do not write about them…

— Per Petterson

I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a…

— Dan Brown

The author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation.…

— Garance Dore

“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Meg Cabot is the best author ever

— Meg Cabot

“WHEN THE ALMIGHTY HAS PREDESTINED YOU, THERE IS NOONE IN THIS PHYSICAL LIFE THAT CAN BLOCK YOUR BLESSINGS…”

— Muffin