“A true writer cuts their heart open and bleeds all over the page...” — Cynthia Batten Copy Share Image
“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Leave yesterday in yesterday. If yesterday cannot add value to YOUR today, then it has no place and serves no purpose.” — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again. — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
“You should listen to even the smallest voice, someday it could be the one that makes a difference.” — Crystal Marcos Copy Share Image
“YOU HIDE YOUR UGLY TRUTH SO BEAUTIFULLY AND WHEN YOU REVEAL IT TO THE WORLD YOU'RE EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE ” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
“I’m likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the… — Garance Dore Copy Share Image
“On having a backup plan: "Always a good plan anytime you want to follow your dream - I love writing, acting, and… — Samantha Steele Copy Share Image
Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, 'Oh, here comes Tom Clancy, bestselling author.' But… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“I'm going to be a person who writes stories. I never told mom and dad how much I loved them. I wanna… — Aoboshi Kimama Copy Share Image
The grand surprise has really been the fact that being an author, which to me had always implied being a private person,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor.… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Literary style is like crystal-ware: the cleaner the wineglass, the brighter the brilliance. As a reader, I agree with those who believe… — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I’m 100% certain of the quality of story I’m writing until I finish the outline and actually begin to write. At this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I often get asked the question, 'If you had to compare your writing to an author who would it be?' My answer… — Ashley Tia Long Copy Share Image
“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
My #1 job as a thriller author is to give readers the best white-knuckle thrill ride I am capable of. I am… — Brad Thor 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
“I will not mention the name (and what bits of it I happen to give here appear in decorous disguise) of that… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
